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ac⋅cred⋅it
[uh-kred-it]
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to ascribe or attribute to (usually fol. by with): He was accredited with having said it. |
| 2. | to attribute or ascribe; consider as belonging: an invention accredited to Edison. |
| 3. | to provide or send with credentials; designate officially: to accredit an envoy. |
| 4. | to certify (a school, college, or the like) as meeting all formal official requirements of academic excellence, curriculum, facilities, etc. |
| 5. | to make authoritative, creditable, or reputable; sanction. |
| 6. | to regard as true; believe. |
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ac·cred·it (ə-krěd'ĭt) tr.v. ac·cred·it·ed, ac·cred·it·ing, ac·cred·its
[French accréditer : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + crédit, credit (from Old French; see credit).] ac·cred'it·a·ble adj. |
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Accredit
Ac*cred"it\ ([a^]k*kr[e^]d"[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accredited; p. pr. & vb. n. Accrediting.] [F. accr['e]diter; [`a] (L. ad) + cr['e]dit credit. See Credit.]1. To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction. His censure will . . . accredit his praises. --Cowper. These reasons . . . which accredit and fortify mine opinion. --Shelton. 2. 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. --Froude. 3. To believe; to credit; to put trust in. The version of early Roman history which was accredited in the fifth century. --Sir G. C. Lewis. He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft. --Southey. 4. To credit; to vouch for or consider (some one) as doing something, or (something) as belonging to some one. 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.
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