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Accredit
//əˈkɹɛd.ɪt// verb
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To ascribe; attribute; credit with. transitive
"Nationalisms often accredit all the unemployment issues to immigration."
- 2 ascribe an achievement to wordnet
- 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 grant credentials to wordnet
- 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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- 6 provide or send (envoys or ambassadors) with official credentials wordnet
- 7 To believe; to put trust in. transitive
"He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft."
- 8 To enter on the credit side of an account book. transitive
- 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."
- 10 To recognize as outstanding. transitive
- 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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