accredit

English

Etymology

First attested in the 1610s.
From French accréditer, from à (“to”) + créditer (“to credit”), from crédit (“credit”).
See credit.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ə.ˈkɹɛd.ɪt/
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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.
(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.
(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.
(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

accredit with
accreditation
accredited

Translations

To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction

Bulgarian: упълномощавам (bg) (upǎlnomoštavam)
Esperanto: akrediti
French: accréditer (fr)
German: akkreditieren (de)
Interlingua: accreditar
Italian: accreditare (it)

Latin: accustor
Portuguese: credenciar (pt)
Russian: уполномо́чивать (ru) impf (upolnomóčivatʹ), уполномо́чить (ru) pf (upolnomóčitʹ)
Spanish: acreditar (es)
Swedish: ackreditera (sv)

To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.

Armenian: հավատարմագրել (hy) (havatarmagrel)
Bulgarian: акредитирам (bg) (akreditiram)
Esperanto: akrediti
Finnish: akkreditoida (fi)
French: accréditer (fr)
German: akkreditieren (de)
Interlingua: accreditar
Italian: accreditare (it)

Latin: accustor
Norwegian:
Bokmål: akkreditere (no)
Nynorsk: akkreditere
Polish: akredytować (pl) impf or pf
Portuguese: credenciar (pt)
Russian: аккредитова́ть (ru) impf or pf (akkreditovátʹ)
Spanish: acreditar (es)

To believe; to credit; to put trust in

Bulgarian: поверявам (bg) (poverjavam), доверявам (doverjavam)

Russian: доверя́ть (ru) impf (doverjátʹ), дове́рить (ru) pf (dovéritʹ), припи́сывать (ru) impf (pripísyvatʹ), приписа́ть (ru) pf (pripisátʹ) (ascribe)

to certify as meeting a predetermined standard

Maori: whakamana