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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Credit \Cred"it\ (kr[e^]d"[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Credited}; p. pr & vb n. {Crediting}.] 1. To confide in the truth of to give credence to to put trust in to believe. How shall they credit A poor unlearned virgin? --Shak. 2. To bring honor or repute upon to do credit to to raise the estimation of You credit the church as much by your government as you did the school formerly by your wit. --South. 3. (Bookkeeping) To enter upon the credit side of an account; to give credit for as to credit the amount paid; to set to the credit of as to credit a man with the interest paid on a bond. {To credit with}, to give credit for to assign as justly due to any one Crove, Helmholtz, and Meyer, are more than any others to be credited with the clear enunciation of this doctrine. --Newman. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: credited adj : (usually followed by `to') given credit for "an invention credited to Edison" [syn: {credited(p)}]
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