Accredit

Quick meaning: Accredit is a verb meaning (transitive) To ascribe; attribute; credit with.

Meaning

(transitive) To ascribe; attribute; credit with.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

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

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

He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft.

Nationalisms often accredit all the unemployment issues to immigration.

Word Forms

• accredits
• accrediting
• accredited

Synonyms for accredit

Depending on context, synonyms include impute, ascribe, attach, attribute, charge, draw.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include credit, recognize, confirmation, substantiate, approve, certify.

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