Accredit

/əˈkɹɛd.ɪt/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To ascribe; attribute; credit with..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To ascribe; attribute; credit with.
2. (transitive) To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.
3. (transitive) To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
4. (transitive) To believe; to put trust in.
5. (transitive) To enter on the credit side of an account book.
6. (transitive) To certify as meeting a predetermined standard; to certify an educational institution as upholding the specified standards necessary for the students to advance.
7. (transitive) To recognize as outstanding.
8. (transitive, literally) To credit.

Example Sentences

Nationalisms often accredit all the unemployment issues to immigration.

Goldfaden continued to compose and compile dramas and musical plays. He is accredited with 26 pieces, of which, however, only eight are of any value.

February 17, 1793, William Cowper, letter to Samuel Rose, Esq. His censure will […] accredit his praises.

these reasons […] which accredit and fortify mine opinion.

Beton […] was accredited to the Court of France.

He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft.

The version of early Roman history which was accredited in the fifth century.

He spoke as if he saw the Truth, and, persisting in it so long, he was accredited by those who did not understand him, and silenced them that did.

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Word Forms

• accredits
• accrediting
• accredited

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