ACCREDIT

accredit, credit

(verb) ascribe an achievement to; “She was not properly credited in the program”

accredit, recognize, recognise

(verb) grant credentials to; “The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution”; “recognize an academic degree”

accredit

(verb) provide or send (envoys or embassadors) with official credentials

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

accredit (third-person singular simple present accredits, present participle accrediting, simple past and past participle accredited)

(transitive) To ascribe; attribute; credit with.

(transitive) To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.

(transitive) To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.

(transitive) To believe; to put trust in.

(transitive) To enter on the credit side of an account book.

(transitive) To certify as meeting a predetermined standard; to certify an educational institution as upholding the specified standards necessary for the students to advance.

(transitive) To recognize as outstanding.

(transitive, literally) To credit.

Source: Wiktionary

Ac*cred"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accredited; p. pr. & vb. n. Accrediting.] Etym: [F. accréditer; à (L. ad) + crédit 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition