/accredit-meaning

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-) Verb.

-) Pronunciation and accent: əkrɛdɪt. 

-) Etymology: from French accréditer, which is analysable into a- “to” + crédit “credit”; and, this one, from Latin crēditus, preterite participle of crēdĕre “to trust, believe”.

-) Preterite tense: acredited. Preterite participle: acredited.

-) Present participle: accrediting.

-) Documented since 1600.

-) 1. To make credible; to make gain credit; to attribute credit to (something.)

-) Translation: accréditer, in French; acreditar, in Spanish; accreditare, in Italian.

What has most contributed to accredit the hypothesis of a physical medium for the conveyance of light, is the certain fact that light travels.

J. Mill… A System of Logic… 1843

He had however no such letters upon him (and I accredited his assertion for it was impossible to believe him capable of falsehood) and he was finally set at large by the good natured interference of Colonel.

New Monthly, vol. 11… 1839

-) 2. To send (a diplomatic agent, ambassador, envoy, etc.) with credentials on a political mission; to authorize formally (a delegate)

-) With the preposition “to”, or “at” + noun.

That he had not yet accredited his ambassador at the court of Lisbon.

The American Annual Register… 1825

 [I showed] my respects to a princess to whom I came accredited.

A. Bigelow… Travels in Malta and Sicily… 1831

-) 3. To attribute the merit of something to (a person); to honour with the credit of an action. Hence, to attribute something unmeritorious to (a person.)

-) With the preposition “with” + a noun or a gerund:

[Jean Alfonse] is accredited with having been first to navigate the waters of Massachusetts Bay.

S. Drake… Nooks and Corners… 1875

He had accredited her with remarkable intelligence.

M. Hungerford… April's Lady… 1890

You did not accredit me with so much adaptability.

L. Malet… The Gateless Barrier… 1900

"Move on, please," sounds the voice of the burly policeman, evidently suspecting my motives, and accrediting me with suicidal intentions.

E. Cook… Highways… 1920

-) 4. To certify (an institution of learning, as school, university, etc.) as having a regular or desirable standard.

-) English words derived from the verb “accredit”:  accreditation, accrediting, unaccredited.

-) Words derived from Latin crēdĕre, see CREDIBLE.

 

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