accredit

[ uh-kred-it ]

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verb (used with object)

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.
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.

Origin of accredit

First recorded in 1610–20; earlier acredit, from Middle French acrediter; see ac-, credit

Other words from accredit

ac·cred·it·a·ble, adjective
ac·cred·i·ta·tion [uh-kred-i-tey-shuhn] /əˌkrɛd ɪˈteɪ ʃən/ noun
pre·ac·cred·it, verb (used with object)
re·ac·cred·it, verb (used with object)

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How to use accredit in a sentence

However, the University of Phoenix is under fire from its accrediting agency.
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On numberless occasions, instead of accrediting, they discredit themselves.
History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) | John William Draper
Mrs. Forrester had a flair for genius and needed no popular accrediting to make it manifest to her.
Tante | Anne Douglas Sedgwick
The “accrediting” system in the United States was started by the university of Michigan in 1871.
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If the form of government in the receiving state or in the accrediting state changes, it is customary to request a new exequatur.
International Law | George Grafton Wilson and George Fox Tucker

It is customary, however, to give the accrediting state an opportunity to recall its consul.
International Law | George Grafton Wilson and George Fox Tucker

British Dictionary definitions for accredit

accredit

/ (əˈkrɛdɪt) /

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 examination: there are six accrediting schools in the area

Origin of accredit

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

Derived forms of accredit

accreditation, noun

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