Etymology

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Today it means: To impute (something) as a fault to or upon someone. Full definition →

Old French àreter ← Latin reputāre
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  1. Latin · derived fromreputāre“to count”
  2. Old French · derived fromàreter
  3. English todayaret

From Old French àreter, from à + reter, from Latin reputāre (“to count”).

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