accredit
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accredit
- /əˈkɹɛd.ɪt/ Canada, US, UK
- /əˈkɹed.ɪt/ Australia
- /əˈkɹed.ət/ New Zealand
Where it comes from
* First attested in the 1610s.
* From French accréditer, from à (“to”) + to credit, from crédit (“credit”).
* See credit.
verb accredits · accrediting · accredited
- To ascribe; attribute; credit with. Nationalisms often accredit all the unemployment issues to immigration.
- 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.
- 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.
- To believe; to put trust in. He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft.
- To enter on the credit side of an account book.
- 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.
- To recognize as outstanding.
- To credit.
