accredit
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- First attested in the 1610s.
- From French accréditer, from à (“to”) + to credit, from crédit (“credit”).
- See credit.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]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.
- February 17, 1793, William Cowper, letter to Samuel Rose, Esq.
- His censure will […] accredit his praises.
- 1612–1620, [Miguel de Cervantes], translated by Thomas Shelton, The History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha. […], London: […] William Stansby, for Ed[ward] Blount and W. Barret, →OCLC:
- these reasons […] which accredit and fortify mine opinion.
- February 17, 1793, William Cowper, letter to Samuel Rose, Esq.
- (transitive) To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
- 1856–1870, James Anthony Froude, History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth, volume (please specify |volume=I to XII), London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:
- Beton […] was accredited to the Court of France.
- (transitive) To believe; to put trust in.
- 1820, Robert Southey, The Life of Wesley; and Rise and Progress of Methodism:
- He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft.
- 1855, George Cornewall Lewis, Enquiry into the Credibility of the Early Roman History:
- The version of early Roman history which was accredited in the fifth century.
- 1859, George Meredith, chapter 15, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC:
- 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.
- (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
[edit]Translations
[edit]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
to certify as meeting a predetermined standard
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