Accredit

[ə'kredɪt] or [ə'krɛdɪt]

Definition

(verb.) ascribe an achievement to; 'She was not properly credited in the program'.

(verb.) grant credentials to; 'The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution'; 'recognize an academic degree'.

(verb.) provide or send (envoys or embassadors) with official credentials.

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Definition

(v. t.) To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.

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

(v. t.) To believe; to credit; to put trust in.

(v. t.) To credit; to vouch for or consider (some one) as doing something, or (something) as belonging to some one.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Credit, give trust or confidence to, give credit or honor to, receive as an envoy, receive as commissioned, empowered, or authorized.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Believe, trust, entrust, delegate, depute, commission, authorize

ANT:Disbelieve, distrust, suspect, recall, supersede, discard, dismiss

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Definition

v.t. to give credit countenance authority or honour to: to furnish with credentials (with to at): to vouch for anything belonging to some one—to ascribe or attribute it to him (with).—v.t. Accred′itate (obs.).—n. Accreditā′tion fact of being accredited.—The pa.p. Accred′ited as adj. recognised.

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