accredit

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[edit] Etymology

French accréditer; à (Latin ad) + crédit credit. See credit.

[edit] Pronunciation

ac-cre*dit

• IPA: /əˈkrɛdɪt/
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[edit] Verb

to accredit (third-person singular simple present accredits, present participle accrediting, simple past and past participle accredited)

1. (transitive) To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.

   • His censure will ... accredit his praises. - William Cowper
   • These reasons ... which accredit and fortify mine opinion. - Thomas Shelton

2. (transitive) 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. - James Anthony Froude

3. (transitive) To believe; to credit; to put trust in.

   • The version of early Roman history which was accredited in the fifth century. - G. C. Lewis
   • He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft. - Robert Southey

4. (transitive) To credit; to vouch for or consider (some one) as doing something, or (something) as belonging to some one; as To accredit (one) with (something), to attribute something to him; as, Mr. Clay was accredited with these views; they accredit him with a wise saying.

[edit] Derived terms

• accreditation
• accredited

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