Hypertext Webster Gateway: "accredit"

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) 1.7 (wn)

accredit
v 1: grant credentials to; as of educational institutions [syn: {recognize},
{recognise}]
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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