Accredit

//əˈkɹɛd.ɪt// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To ascribe; attribute; credit with. transitive

    "Nationalisms often accredit all the unemployment issues to immigration."

  2. 2
    ascribe an achievement to wordnet
  3. 3
    To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction. transitive

    "February 17, 1793, William Cowper, letter to Samuel Rose, Esq. His censure will […] accredit his praises."

  4. 4
    grant credentials to wordnet
  5. 5
    To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate. transitive

    "Beton […] was accredited to the Court of France."

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  1. 6
    provide or send (envoys or ambassadors) with official credentials wordnet
  2. 7
    To believe; to put trust in. transitive

    "He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft."

  3. 8
    To enter on the credit side of an account book. transitive
  4. 9
    To certify as meeting a predetermined standard; to certify an educational institution as upholding the specified standards necessary for the students to advance. transitive

    "The school was an accredited college."

  5. 10
    To recognize as outstanding. transitive
  6. 11
    To credit. literally, transitive

Etymology

* First attested in the 1610s. * From French accréditer, from à (“to”) + to credit, from crédit (“credit”). * See credit.

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