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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Accredit \Ac*cred"it\ ([a^]k*kr[e^]d"[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accredited}; p. pr & vb n. {Accrediting}.] [F. accr['e]diter; [`a] (L. ad) + cr['e]dit credit. See {Credit}.] 1. To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction. His censure will . . . accredit his praises. --Cowper. These reasons . . . which accredit and fortify mine opinion. --Shelton. 2. To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate. Beton . . . was accredited to the Court of France. --Froude. 3. To believe; to credit; to put trust in The version of early Roman history which was accredited in the fifth century. --Sir G. C. Lewis. He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft. --Southey. 4. To credit; to vouch for or consider (some one) as doing something or something as belonging to some one {To accredit} one {with} (something), to attribute something to him as Mr Clay was accredited with these views; they accredit him with a wise saying. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: accredit v 1: grant credentials to as of educational institutions [syn: {recognize}] 2: provide or send with official credentials; as of envoys 3: give credit for "I credit you with saving his life" [syn: {credit}]
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