pu·ta·tive /ˈpjutətɪv/
(a.)想象的,推定的,傳說的,被公認的
Pu·ta·tive a. Commonly thought or deemed; supposed; reputed; as, the putative father of a child. “His other putative (I dare not say feigned) friends.”
Thus things indifferent, being esteemed useful or pious, became customary, and then came for reverence into a putative and usurped authority. --Jer. Taylor.
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putative
adj : commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive
grounds; "the foundling's putative father"; "the
reputed (or purported) author of the book"; "the
supposed date of birth" [syn: putative(a), purported(a),
reputed(a), supposed(a)]