Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A lopping or pruning, as of trees; pruning.
  • noun The act of considering, deeming, or supposing; supposition; estimation.

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Examples

  • But you, Sir Charles, have shewn that re-putation and conscience are entirely reconcileable.

    Sir Charles Grandison 2006

  • My heart is not cor-rupted by the vanities of the great town: I have a little more experience than I had: and if I have severely paid for it, it is not at the price of my re-putation.

    Sir Charles Grandison 2006

  • ADVERTISEMENT putation for being the source of frauds which involves getting people to hand over bank details either by e-mail or letter.

    UkPoliBlog: Composite feed 2010

  • ADVERTISEMENT putation for being the source of frauds which involves getting people to hand over bank details either by e-mail or letter.

    African fraud gang: Could you please send us £102,000? Council: Why, of course we can - Scotsman.com News 2010

  • Assume that a given parallel task execution time can be roughly modeled as a fixed local com - putation time plus the latency penalty of accesses to global data structures.

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  • The basic com - putation is based on weighted average common shares outstanding during the period.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • Current champion driver Noel Baldacchino underlined his re-putation with three wins yesterday.

    timesofmalta.com 2009

  • The information that you supply a function and that it uses in its com - putation is referred to as the argument (s) of the function.

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  • In this mild and pru - dent way our prelate conducted his charge, with great re - putation to himself, and with the general approbation of all good men, who were perfectly pleased with his doctrine, and edified by his example.

    The general biographical dictionary. Revised by A. Chalmers 1812

  • Perhaps bib disposition was not calculated for forensic dis - putation, though bis profound knowledge 1 and indefatigable labour, as welt as ability and penetration, bad made bim, in the opinion of those who knew him, pne of the besf. law - yers of his time.

    The General biographical dictionary: 1812

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