ac·cred·it

[uh-kred-it]
verb (used with object)
1.
to ascribe or attribute to (usually followed 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 < Middle French acrediter. See ac-, credit

ac·cred·it·a·ble, adjective
ac·cred·i·ta·tion, ac·cred·it·ment, noun
pre·ac·cred·it, verb (used with object)
re·ac·cred·it, verb (used with object)
re·ac·cred·i·ta·tion, noun
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accredit (əˈkrɛdɪt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb (often foll by at or to)
1.  to ascribe or attribute
2.  to give official recognition to; sanction; authorize
3.  to certify or guarantee as meeting required standards
4.  a.  to furnish or send (an envoy, etc) with official credentials
 b.  to appoint (someone) as an envoy, etc
5.  (NZ) to pass (a candidate) for university entrance on school recommendation without external examination: there are six accrediting schools in the area
 
[C17: from French accréditer, from the phrase mettre à crédit to put to credit]
 
accredi'tation
 
n

accredit (əˈkrɛdɪt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb (often foll by at or to)
1.  to ascribe or attribute
2.  to give official recognition to; sanction; authorize
3.  to certify or guarantee as meeting required standards
4.  a.  to furnish or send (an envoy, etc) with official credentials
 b.  to appoint (someone) as an envoy, etc
5.  (NZ) to pass (a candidate) for university entrance on school recommendation without external examination: there are six accrediting schools in the area
 
[C17: from French accréditer, from the phrase mettre à crédit to put to credit]
 
accredi'tation
 
n

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Word Origin & History

accredit
1610s, from Fr. accréditer, from à "to" + crédit "credit" (see credit). Pp. adj. accredited "furnished with credentials" is from 1630s. Related: Accreditation (1806).
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Example sentences
Unlike lawyers or doctors, chefs require no accreditation.
New and updated scopes of accreditation are posted monthly.
They told different subjects that the same hypothetical scientist, with the same accreditation, was skeptical of climate change.
As to accreditation, there is a pecking order for business accreditation.
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