Putative (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. commonly regarded as such; reputed; supposed: the putative boss of the mob.
adjective
  1. commonly regarded as being
  2. considered to exist or have existed; inferred
  3. denoting a mood of the verb in some languages used when the speaker does not have direct evidence of what he is asserting, but has inferred it on the basis of something else
Putative (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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