[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

putative \pu"tative\, 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.
   1913 webster

         thus things indifferent, being esteemed useful or
         pious, became customary, and then came for reverence
         into a putative and usurped authority.   --jer. taylor.
   1913 webster
see also:
pure amputate compute dispute impute 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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: putativea, purporteda,
            reputeda, supposeda
see also:
putativea purporteda reputeda supposeda 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

42 moby thesaurus words for "putative":
   accountable, accounted as, alleged, ascribable, assignable,
   assumed, assumptive, attributable, attributed, charged,
   conjectural, conjectured, credited, deemed, derivable from,
   derivational, derivative, due, explicable, given, granted,
   hypothetical, imputable, imputed, inferred, owing, postulated,
   postulational, premised, presumed, presumptive, referable,
   referred to, reputed, supposed, suppositional, supposititious,
   suppositive, suppository, taken for granted, traceable,
   understood

[4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

putative. reputed to be that which is not. the word is frequently used, as 
putative father, q.v. putative marriage, putative wife, and the like. and 
toullier, tome 7, n. 29, uses the words putative owner, proprietare putatif. 
lord kames uses the same expression. princ. of eq. 391. 

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