Saturday, November 22, 2008

Pp: Word Family PUT

Pp
PUT, from the Latin Verb putare, meaning "to think, consider, or believe," has come into English in a variety of forms. A reputation, for example is what others think of you; a deputy is someone "considered as" the person who appointed him or her.
Words in the family are: disputatious, impute, putative, reputed.

From:
Websters New Explorer Vocabulary Skill Builder, Spring Field, Massachusetts: Meriam Webster, 2000.

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