| 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. |
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. |