To supply with credentials or authority; authorize. See Synonyms at authorize.
To appoint as an ambassador to a foreign government.
To attest to and approve as meeting a prescribed standard. See Synonyms at approve.
To recognize (an institution of learning) as maintaining those standards requisite for its graduates to gain admission to other reputable institutions of higher learning or to achieve credentials for professional practice.
To attest to and approve as meeting a prescribed standard. See Synonyms at approve.
To recognize (an institution of learning) as maintaining those standards requisite for its graduates to gain admission to other reputable institutions of higher learning or to achieve credentials for professional practice.
To believe.
[French accréditer : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + crédit, credit (from Old French; see credit).]
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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