Meanings
present singular third person accredits · participle present accrediting · participle past accredited · past accredited
- transitiveTo ascribe; attribute; credit with.
Nationalisms often accredit all the unemployment issues to immigration.
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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 454Synonyms: chalk up to, impute, put down to, ascribe, attach, attribute, chalk up to, charge
- transitiveTo 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.
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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 - transitiveTo 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 - transitiveTo 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 Methodism2 more examples
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 HistoryHe 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 - transitiveTo enter on the credit side of an account book.
- transitiveTo 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.
- transitiveTo recognize as outstanding.
- literallytransitiveTo credit.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo ascribe; attribute; credit with.
More synonyms by meaning
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Origin
- Frenchaccréditer
- Englishaccredit
* First attested in the 1610s. * From French accréditer, from à (“to”) + to credit, from crédit (“credit”). * See credit.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian упълномощавам, акредитирам
- упълномощавам (upălnomoštavam)To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction
- акредитирам (akreditiram)To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
- поверявам (poverjavam)to believe; to credit; to put trust in
- доверявам (doverjavam)to believe; to credit; to put trust in
Danish akkreditere, akkreditere
- akkreditereTo put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction
- akkreditereTo send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
Esperanto akrediti, akrediti
- akreditiTo put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction
- akreditiTo send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
Finnish vahvistaa, akkreditoida
- vahvistaaTo put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction
- akkreditoidaTo send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
- luottaato believe; to credit; to put trust in
French accréditer, accréditer
- accréditerTo put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction
- accréditerTo send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
German akkreditieren, akkreditieren
- akkreditierenTo put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction
- akkreditierenTo send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
Italian accreditare, accreditare
- accreditareTo put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction
- accreditareTo send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
Latin accustor, accustor
- accustorTo put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction
- accustorTo send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
Māori whakamana
- whakamanato certify as meeting a predetermined standard
Norwegian Bokmål akkreditere
- akkreditereTo send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
Polish akredytować, akredytować
- akredytowaćTo put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction
- akredytowaćTo send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
Portuguese credenciar, credenciar
- credenciarTo put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction
- credenciarTo send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
Russian уполномо́чивать, уполномо́чить
- уполномо́чивать (upolnomóčivatʹ)To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction
- уполномо́чить (upolnomóčitʹ)To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction
- аккредитова́ть (akkreditovátʹ)To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
- доверя́ть (doverjátʹ)to believe; to credit; to put trust in
- дове́рить (dovéritʹ)to believe; to credit; to put trust in
- припи́сывать (pripísyvatʹ)to believe; to credit; to put trust in
- приписа́ть (pripisátʹ)to believe; to credit; to put trust in
Spanish acreditar, acreditar
- acreditarTo put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction
- acreditarTo send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
- acreditarto believe; to credit; to put trust in
- acreditar (por)to recognize as outstanding
Swedish ackreditera
- ackrediteraTo put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction
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Cite this entry
accredit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accredit
“accredit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accredit. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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