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Webster 1913 Edition
Accredit
Ac-cred′it
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Accredited
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Accrediting
.] 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 sayingWebster 1828 Edition
Accredit
ACCRED'IT
,Verb.
T.
To give credit, authority, or reputation; to accredit an envoy, is to receive him in his public character, and give him credit and rank accordingly.
Definition 2024
accredit
accredit
English
Verb
accredit (third-person singular simple present accredits, present participle accrediting, simple past and past participle accredited)
- (transitive) To ascribe; attribute; credit with.
- (transitive) To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.
- (Can we date this quote?) William Cowper
- His censure will ... accredit his praises.
- (Can we date this quote?) Thomas Shelton
- These reasons ... which accredit and fortify mine opinion.
- (Can we date this quote?) William Cowper
- (transitive) To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
- (Can we date this quote?) James Anthony Froude
- Beton ... was accredited to the Court of France. -
- (Can we date this quote?) James Anthony Froude
- (transitive) To believe; to put trust in.
- (Can we date this quote?) G. C. Lewis
- The version of early Roman history which was accredited in the fifth century.
- (Can we date this quote?) Robert Southey
- He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft.
- (Can we date this quote?) G. C. Lewis
- (transitive) To enter on the credit side of an account book.
- (transitive) To certify as meeting a predetermined standard; to certify an educational institution as upholding the specified standards necessary for the students to advance.
- The school was an accredited college.
- (transitive) To recognize as outstanding.
- (transitive, literally) To credit.
Derived terms
Translations
To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction
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To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
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To believe; to credit; to put trust in
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to certify as meeting a predetermined standard
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