Meaning of ACCREDIT
| Pronunciation: | | u'kredit
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- [v] give credit for; "I credit you with saving his life"
- [v] grant credentials to; "recognize a new educational institution"l "recognize an academic degree"
- [v] provide or send with official credentials; as of envoys
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| | Synonyms: | | credit, recognise, recognize |
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| | See Also: | | appoint, ascribe, assign, attribute, certify, charge, impute, licence, license, repute | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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