accreditate

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verb

To accredit.

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Meanings

verbaccreditate (third-person singular simple present accreditates, present participle accreditating, simple past and past participle accreditated)

present singular third person accreditates · participle present accreditating · participle past accreditated · past accreditated

  1. raretransitiveTo accredit.

    After I do this and I have proven it to be successful, now they want to accreditate, certify, and license. And, ironically the people that are going to do the accreditation and licensing don't even know what I do.

    1978, United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, Drug Trafficking in and Through Hawaii and Guam: Hearings

Origin

Perhaps by back-formation from accreditation.

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APA

accreditate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accreditate

MLA

“accreditate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accreditate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “accreditate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accreditate.

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