Definition of Putateve
Pu"ta*tive (?), a. [L. putativus,
fr. putare, putatum, to reckon, suppose, adjust, prune,
cleanse. See Pure, and cf. Amputate, Compute,
Dispute, Impute.] Commonly thought or deemed;
supposed; reputed; as, the putative father of a child.
"His other putative (I dare not say feigned) friends." E.
Hall.
Thus things indifferent, being esteemed useful or
pious, became customary, and then came for reverence into a
putative and usurped authority. Jer.
Taylor.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Commonly believed to be true on inconclusive grounds
- In a putative manner; supposedly.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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