accredited

[uh-kred-i-tid]

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adjective

officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.

provided with official credentials, as by a government: an accredited diplomatic representative.

accepted as authoritative: an accredited theory.

Origin of accredited

First recorded in 1625–35; accredit + -ed²

Related formsnon·ac·cred·it·ed, adjectiveun·ac·cred·it·ed, adjectivewell-ac·cred·it·ed, adjective

accredit

[uh-kred-it]

verb (used with object)

to ascribe or attribute to (usually followed by with): He was accredited with having said it.

to attribute or ascribe; consider as belonging: an invention accredited to Edison.

to provide or send with credentials; designate officially: to accredit an envoy.

to certify (a school, college, or the like) as meeting all formal official requirements of academic excellence, curriculum, facilities, etc.

to make authoritative, creditable, or reputable; sanction.

to regard as true; believe.

Origin of accredit

1610–20; earlier acredit < Middle French acrediter. See ac-, credit

Related formsac·cred·it·a·ble, adjectiveac·cred·i·ta·tion, ac·cred·it·ment, nounpre·ac·cred·it, verb (used with object)re·ac·cred·it, verb (used with object)re·ac·cred·i·ta·tion, noun

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Related Words for accredited

authorized, certified

Examples from the Web for accredited

Contemporary Examples of accredited

Both Haidak and Doe have been unable to transfer to accredited four-year universities.
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Emily Shire
August 18, 2014
For that fall, ABA-accredited law schools chose among 71,755 applicants--and there were only 173 accredited schools that year.
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Megan McArdle
January 18, 2013
They are accredited by a national midwifery organization, the North American Registry of Midwives.
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Michelle Goldberg
June 25, 2012
The list of accredited journalists for the trial confirms this.
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Asne Seierstad
April 15, 2012
It has about 100 students and is accredited to give degrees in nursing, theology, and music.
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April 4, 2012

Historical Examples of accredited

The only advantage with which he accredited the city was that of possessing newspapers.
In the Heart of Vosges
Matilda Betham-Edwards
Warning: Permit only an accredited employee of this company to touch wiring.
Made in Tanganyika
Carl Richard Jacobi
We are accepting nothing but accredited calls until tomorrow.
A Yankee Flier Over Berlin
Al Avery
In 1900 there were fifteen accredited women delegates in the convention.
The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV
Various
That made me the accredited and accepted Ambassador to New Texas.
Lone Star Planet
Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire

British Dictionary definitions for accredited

accredit

verb (tr)

to ascribe or attribute

to give official recognition to; sanction; authorize

to certify or guarantee as meeting required standards

(often foll by at or to)

to furnish or send (an envoy, etc) with official credentials
to appoint (someone) as an envoy, etc

NZ to pass (a candidate) for university entrance on school recommendation without external examinationthere are six accrediting schools in the area

Derived Formsaccreditation, noun

Word Origin for accredit

C17: from French accréditer, from the phrase mettre à crédit to put to credit

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Word Origin and History for accredited

adj.

"furnished with credentials," 1630s, past participle adjective from accredit (v.).

accredit

1610s, from French accréditer, from à "to" (see ad-) + créditer "to credit" (someone with a sum), from crédit "credit" (see credit). Related: Accredited; accrediting.