Dictionary

accredit en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /əˈkɹɛd.ɪt/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (New-Jersey) audio
• /əˈkɹed.ət/ (New-Zealand)
• (California) audio
• /əˈkɹed.ɪt/ (Australia)

Etymology

* First attested in the 1610s. * From French accréditer, from à (“to”) + to credit, from crédit (“credit”). * See credit.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To ascribe; attribute; credit with.
   • Goldfaden continued to compose and compile dramas and musical plays. He is accredited with 26 pieces, of which, however, only eight are of any value. 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 454:
   • Nationalisms often accredit all the unemployment issues to immigration.
2. (transitive) To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.
   • February 17, 1793, William Cowper, letter to Samuel Rose, Esq. His censure will […] accredit his praises.
   • these reasons […] which accredit and fortify mine opinion. 1612–1620, [Miguel de Cervantes], translated by Thomas Shelton, The History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha. […], London: […] William Stansby, for Ed[ward] Blount and W. Barret, →OCLC:
3. (transitive) 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. 1856–1870, James Anthony Froude, History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth, volume (please specify |volume=I to XII), London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:
4. (transitive) To believe; to put trust in.
   • He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft. 1820, Robert Southey, The Life of Wesley; and Rise and Progress of Methodism:
   • The version of early Roman history which was accredited in the fifth century. 1855, George Cornewall Lewis, Enquiry into the Credibility of the Early Roman History:
   • He spoke as if he saw the Truth, and, persisting in it so long, he was accredited by those who did not understand him, and silenced them that did. 1859, George Meredith, chapter 15, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC:
5. (transitive) To enter on the credit side of an account book.
6. (transitive) To certify as meeting a predetermined standard; to certify an educational institution as upholding the specified standards necessary for the students to advance.
   • The school was an accredited college.
7. (transitive) To recognize as outstanding.
8. (literally, transitive) To credit.

Forms

Deriveds

accredit with · accreditment · accreditation · accreditive · disaccredit · accredited · accreditable · deaccredit · accredition · reaccredit

Synonyms

attach · draw · chalk up to · put down to · repose · impute · chalk up to · accredit · ascribe · impute · attribute · lay · charge · put down to

Translations (39)

da akkreditere (To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction) · ru уполномо́чить (To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction) · bg упълномощавам (To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction) · ia accreditar (To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction) · la accustor (To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.) · eo akrediti (To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.) · ru уполномо́чивать (To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction) · it accreditare (To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.) · ru приписа́ть (to believe; to credit; to put trust in) · de akkreditieren (To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction) · ru припи́сывать (to believe; to credit; to put trust in) · fr accréditer (To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.) · ru доверя́ть (to believe; to credit; to put trust in) · hy հավատարմագրել (To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.) · ru дове́рить (to believe; to credit; to put trust in) · sv ackreditera (To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction) · bg доверявам (to believe; to credit; to put trust in) · es acreditar (to believe; to credit; to put trust in) · it accreditare (To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction) · nb akkreditere (To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.) · da akkreditere (To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.) · fi akkreditoida (To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.) · ru аккредитова́ть (To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.) · pt credenciar (To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.) · pt credenciar (To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction) · pl akredytować (To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction) · la accustor (To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction) · es acreditar (To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.) · bg поверявам (to believe; to credit; to put trust in) · de akkreditieren (To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.) · mi whakamana (to certify as meeting a predetermined standard) · fr accréditer (To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction) · pl akredytować (To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.) · ia accreditar (To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.) · bg акредитирам (To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.) · es acreditar (To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction) · eo akrediti (To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction) · nn akkreditere (To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.) · es acreditar (por) (to recognize as outstanding)