English
accredit
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /ə.ˈkɹɛd.ɪt/
Verb

accredit (accredits, present participle accrediting; past and past participle accredited)

  1. (transitive) To ascribe; attribute; credit with.
  2. (transitive) To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.
    • William Cowper
      His censure will […] accredit his praises.
    • Thomas Shelton
      these reasons […] which accredit and fortify mine opinion.
  3. (transitive) To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
    • James Anthony Froude
      Beton […] was accredited to the Court of France.
  4. (transitive) To believe; to put trust in.
    • G. C. Lewis
      The version of early Roman history which was accredited in the fifth century.
    • Robert Southey
      He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft.
  5. (transitive) To enter on the credit side of an account book.
  6. (transitive) 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.
  7. (transitive) To recognize as outstanding.
  8. (transitive, literally) To credit.
Translations Translations Translations
  • Russian: доверя́ть


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