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accredit

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ac⋅cred⋅it

  [uh-kred-it]
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–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.
Origin:
1610–20; earlier acredit < MF acrediter. See ac-, credit

Related forms:
ac⋅cred⋅it⋅a⋅ble, adjective
ac⋅cred⋅i⋅ta⋅tion, ac⋅cred⋅it⋅ment, noun
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ac·cred·it   (ə-krěd'ĭt)   
tr.v.   ac·cred·it·ed, ac·cred·it·ing, ac·cred·its

  1. To ascribe or attribute to; credit with.

    1. To supply with credentials or authority; authorize. See Synonyms at authorize.

    2. To appoint as an ambassador to a foreign government.

    3. To attest to and approve as meeting a prescribed standard. See Synonyms at approve.

    4. 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.

    1. To attest to and approve as meeting a prescribed standard. See Synonyms at approve.

    2. 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.

  4. To believe.


[French accréditer : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + crédit, credit (from Old French; see credit).]
ac·cred'it·a·ble adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

accredit 
1620, Fr. accréditer, from à "to" + crédit "credit" (see credit).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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