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creditable, a.|ˈkrɛdɪtəb(ə)l|
[f. credit v. and n. + -able. (No corresp. Fr. word.)]
†1.
a. Worthy to be believed; credible. Obs.
1526Frith Disput. Purgat. 192 ‘Neither it is creditable’, (saith he) ‘that all which are cast into hell should straight⁓way go to heaven, therefore must we put a purgatory.’ 1638Chillingw. Relig. Prot. i. Pref. §43 Records farre more creditable then these. 1669Woodhead St. Teresa i. Pref. (1671) a, Persons, sufficiently creditable, and perfectly informed. 1760Winthrop in Phil. Trans. LII. 8 The most distinct account I have had of it, was from a creditable person at Roxbury. 1807–8W. Irving Salmag. xi. (1860) 252 A church-yard, which at least a hundred creditable persons would swear was haunted.
†b. Comm. Worthy of receiving credit (commercially); having good credit. Obs.
1776Adam Smith W.N. I. ii. ii. 307 The creditable traders of any country. 1818Jas. Mill Brit. India II. v. viii. 670 On receiving the security of creditable bankers for the balance which the Nabob owed to the Company. 1822J. Flint Lett. fr. Amer. 108 Banks that were creditable a few days ago, have refused to redeem their paper in specie.
2. a. That brings credit or honour; that does one credit; reputable. Often implying a slighter degree of praise or excellence: Respectable (see c).
1659Gentl. Calling (1696) 31 It is become a creditable thing, the badge and signature of a modern Wit, thus to be one of David's Fools, in saying, There is no God. 1691Hartcliffe Virtues 89 Whatsoever is just, honest, and Creditable. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xix, Did he not maintain an honest house..and keep a creditable board? 1840Macaulay Clive 62 Clive made a creditable use of his riches. 1884Law Rep. 13 Q. Bench Div. 615 The father..was not..leading a creditable life.
b. That does credit to.
1797T. Bewick Brit. Birds (1847) I. 231 Mr. Selby's splendid work on ornithology, so creditable to his zeal in the cause of Science. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 43 The places..were filled in a manner creditable to the government.
†c. Respectable, decent (a) in appearance or quality; (b) in social position or character. Obs.
1688Miege Fr. Dict. s.v., This suit of yours is a creditable Suit, Cet Habit est honnête. 1741Richardson Pamela II. 352 A creditable Silk for my dear Mother. 1765Goldsm. Ess. xxv. 224 This gentleman was born of creditable parents, who gave him a very good education. 1779J. Moore View Soc. Fr. II. xcv. 426 A Frenchman in a creditable way of life. 1825Mrs. Cameron Proper Spirit in Houlston Tracts I. ix. 7 To set a poor lad, like you, to teach creditable children. 1860Gen. P. Thompson Audi Alt. III. cv. 14 It was once my fortune to serve with two Russian midshipmen; very creditable lads they were.
3. Capable of being ascribed to.
1904Rep. Librarian Congress 32 Many documents creditable to that period can be judged to be so and assigned to their proper group only by internal evidence. |