Meaning

8 senses
  1. (transitive)To ascribe; attribute; credit with.

    Nationalisms often accredit all the unemployment issues to immigration.

    ascribe an achievement to

  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.

    akkreditieren

    уполномо́чиватьupolnomóčivatʹ, уполномо́читьupolnomóčitʹ

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

    akkreditieren

    аккредитова́тьakkreditovátʹ

  4. (transitive)To believe; to put trust in.

    доверя́тьdoverjátʹ, дове́ритьdovéritʹ, припи́сыватьpripísyvatʹ

  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.

Examples

22 sentences
  1. He was accredited with these words.

    Йому приписують ці слова.

    deIhm wurden diese Worte zugeschrieben.

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  2. He is accredited with the invention.

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  3. He was accredited to the chairman.

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  4. They partnered with an accredited organization.

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  5. They accredit him with the secret charity.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction:
To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.:
to believe; to credit; to put trust in:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction:

Origin

* First attested in the 1610s.

* First attested in the 1610s.

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Forms

accredits, accrediting, accredited, accredited
Base formaccredit · to accredit
3rd person singularaccredits
Present participleaccrediting
Past simpleaccredited
Past participleaccredited

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyaccredit
he, she, itaccredits

Past simpleLesson

all personsaccredited

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave accredited
he, she, ithas accredited

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill accredit

Synonyms

14 synonyms

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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