accredit

[ uh-kred-it ]

verb (used with object)

1. to provide or send with credentials; designate officially:

   to accredit an envoy.

2. to certify (a school, college, or the like) as meeting all formal official requirements of academic excellence, curriculum, facilities, etc.
3. to make authoritative, creditable, or reputable; sanction.
4. to regard as true; believe.
5. to ascribe or attribute to (usually followed by with ):

   He was accredited with having said it.

6. to attribute or ascribe; consider as belonging:

   an invention accredited to Edison.

accredit

/ əˈkrɛdɪt /

verb

1. to ascribe or attribute
2. to give official recognition to; sanction; authorize
3. to certify or guarantee as meeting required standards
4. often foll byat or to
   1. to furnish or send (an envoy, etc) with official credentials
   2. to appoint (someone) as an envoy, etc
5. to pass (a candidate) for university entrance on school recommendation without external examination

   there are six accrediting schools in the area

Derived Forms

• acˌcrediˈtation, noun

Other Words From

• ac·cred·it·a·ble adjective
• ac·cred·i·ta·tion [uh, -kred-i-, tey, -sh, uh, n] noun
• pre·ac·cred·it verb (used with object)
• re·ac·cred·it verb (used with object)

Word History and Origins

Origin of accredit¹

First recorded in 1610–20; earlier acredit, from Middle French acrediter; ac-, credit

Word History and Origins

Origin of accredit¹

C17: from French accréditer, from the phrase mettre à crédit to put to credit

Example Sentences

It isn’t a skepticism that encourages consulting accredited experts or peer-reviewed research, tracking down solid sources or anything beyond cursory searches.

From Salon

The panel heard that Cannan still insisted that he was innocent and had not engaged in any accredited programmes to address the risk of reoffending while in jail.

From BBC

Ashton Collins from Save Face, a voluntary register of accredited aesthetic practitioners, has been supporting some of the women who have complained of complications and injury after fat reduction treatment at Luxury Medical Aesthetics.

From BBC

Quite apart from the fact that the academy is an accredited academic institution that theoretically should uphold freedom of thought, the U.S.

From Salon

In California, all dogs brought into the state for resale require a certificate issued by a federally accredited veterinarian listing the animal’s origin, destination and verification they are healthy to travel.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• appoint
• authorize
• certify
• empower
• entrust