accredit

[ uh-kred-it ]

/ əˈkrɛd ɪt /

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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, adjectiveac·cred·i·ta·tion [uh-kred-i-tey-shuhn] /əˌkrɛd ɪˈteɪ ʃən/ nounpre·ac·cred·it, verb (used with object)re·ac·cred·it, verb (used with object)

Words nearby accredit

accouterment, accoutre, accoutrement, accra, accrd., accredit, accreditation, accredited, accrementition, accrescence, accrescent

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Example sentences from the Web for accredit

Amid this maneuvering, deans of the state’s American Bar Association-accredited law schools recently threw their support behind their recent graduates being granted immediate licensure without passing the bar exam, as is normally required.
Sacramento Report: The Other Coronavirus Bar Problem|Voice of San Diego|July 10, 2020|Voice of San Diego
The most obvious and palpable facts discredit these Judaists and accredit me.
Expositor's Bible: The Second Epistle to the Corinthians|James Denney
I could not accredit him to that body because the appropriation law of Congress did not permit it.
Messages and Papers of William McKinley V.2.|William McKinley
By dint of talking he had come to accredit the thing, and gleefully strode about the room, lifting and waving his arms.
Balzac|Frederick Lawton

All evil do I accredit to thee: therefore do I desire of thee the good.
Thus Spake Zarathustra|Friedrich Nietzsche
He could not accredit man's professions, or endorse his pretensions.
Notes on the book of Exodus|C. H. (Charles Henry) Mackintosh

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 examinationthere are six accrediting schools in the area

Derived forms of accredit

accreditation, noun

Word Origin for accredit

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

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单词	accredit
释义	accredit [ uh-kred-it ] / əˈkrɛd ɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR accredit ON THESAURUS.COM 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, adjectiveac·cred·i·ta·tion [uh-kred-i-tey-shuhn] /əˌkrɛd ɪˈteɪ ʃən/ nounpre·ac·cred·it, verb (used with object)re·ac·cred·it, verb (used with object) Words nearby accredit accouterment, accoutre, accoutrement, accra, accrd., accredit, accreditation, accredited, accrementition, accrescence, accrescent Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for accredit Amid this maneuvering, deans of the state’s American Bar Association-accredited law schools recently threw their support behind their recent graduates being granted immediate licensure without passing the bar exam, as is normally required. Sacramento Report: The Other Coronavirus Bar Problem\|Voice of San Diego\|July 10, 2020\|Voice of San Diego The most obvious and palpable facts discredit these Judaists and accredit me. Expositor's Bible: The Second Epistle to the Corinthians\|James Denney I could not accredit him to that body because the appropriation law of Congress did not permit it. Messages and Papers of William McKinley V.2.\|William McKinley By dint of talking he had come to accredit the thing, and gleefully strode about the room, lifting and waving his arms. Balzac\|Frederick Lawton All evil do I accredit to thee: therefore do I desire of thee the good. Thus Spake Zarathustra\|Friedrich Nietzsche He could not accredit man's professions, or endorse his pretensions. Notes on the book of Exodus\|C. H. (Charles Henry) Mackintosh 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 examinationthere are six accrediting schools in the area Derived forms of accredit accreditation, noun Word Origin for accredit C17: from French accréditer, from the phrase mettre à crédit to put to credit Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to accredit assign, authorize, appoint, entrust, certify, empower, credit, charge, ascribe, refer, enable, okay, license, recognize, sanction, commission, endorse, approve, guarantee, vouch for
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accredit

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