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

"We are taking this step so that we can assure all students - together with the quality bodies that accredit degrees, as well as future employers - that the Life Sciences exams are reliable and the grades awarded are too."

From BBC

The exams regulator Ofqual will review and accredit the syllabus before it can be taught in schools and colleges.

From BBC

With close to 2,000 members today, the organization offers training programs that accredit EFT practitioners, similar to the EFT Tapping Training Institute and a handful of other organizations.

From Salon

In the United States, the Federal Aviation Administration sets standards for third parties like the Aviation Suppliers Association and Transonic Aviation to accredit distributors.

From Reuters

He was first arrested in 2014 in Aruba, a semi-autonomous Dutch Caribbean island where Venezuela had been trying to accredit him as consul.

From Reuters

Related Words

• appoint
• authorize
• certify
• empower
• entrust