[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

accredit \accred"it\, v. t. imp.  p. p. accredited; p. pr.
    vb. n. accrediting. f. accr'editer; `a l. ad +
   cr'edit credit. see credit.
   1. to put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or
      authority; to sanction.
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            his censure will . . . accredit his praises.
                                                  --cowper.
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            these reasons . . . which accredit and fortify mine
            opinion.                              --shelton.
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   2. to send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy,
      or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or
      delegate.
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            beton . . . was accredited to the court of france.
                                                  --froude.
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   3. to believe; to credit; to put trust in.
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            the version of early roman history which was
            accredited in the fifth century.      --sir g. c.
                                                  lewis.
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            he accredited and repeated stories of apparitions
            and witchcraft.                       --southey.
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   4. to credit; to vouch for or consider some one as doing
      something, or something as belonging to some one.
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   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.
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see also:
accredited accrediting credit to accredit with 

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