accredit

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To ascribe

   To ascribe; attribute; credit with.

   • Nationalisms often accredit all the unemployment issues to immigration.
   • Goldfaden continued to compose and compile dramas and musical plays. He is accredited with 26 pieces, of which, however, only eight are of any value.
2. 2

   To put or bring into credit

   To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.

   • February 17, 1793, William Cowper, letter to Samuel Rose, Esq. His censure will […] accredit his praises.
   • these reasons […] which accredit and fortify mine opinion.
3. 3

   To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent

   To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.

   • Beton […] was accredited to the Court of France.
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   1. 4

      To believe

      To believe; to put trust in.

      • He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft.
      • The version of early Roman history which was accredited in the fifth century.
      • He spoke as if he saw the Truth, and, persisting in it so long, he was accredited by those who did not understand him, and silenced them that did.
   2. 5

      To enter on the credit side of an account book.

   3. 6

      To certify as meeting a predetermined standard

      To certify as meeting a predetermined standard; to certify an educational institution as upholding the specified standards necessary for the students to advance.

      • The school was an accredited college.
   4. 7

      To recognize as outstanding.

   5. 8

      To credit.

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