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Verb [English]

IPA: /əˈkɹɛd.ɪt/ [US] Audio: en-us-accredit.ogg Forms: accredits [present, singular, third-person], accrediting [participle, present], accredited [participle, past], accredited [past]
Etymology: * First attested in the 1610s. * From French accréditer, from à (“to”) + to credit, from crédit (“credit”). * See credit. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱerd-}}, {{der|en|fr|accréditer}} French accréditer Head templates: {{en-verb}} accredit (third-person singular simple present accredits, present participle accrediting, simple past and past participle accredited)
  1. (transitive) To ascribe; attribute; credit with. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-accredit-en-verb-ZosJjESd
  2. (transitive) To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction. Tags: transitive Translations (To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction): упълномощавам (upǎlnomoštavam) (Bulgarian), akkreditere (Danish), akrediti (Esperanto), accréditer (French), akkreditieren (German), accreditar (Interlingua), accreditare (Italian), accustor (Latin), akredytować [imperfective, perfective] (Polish), credenciar (Portuguese), уполномо́чивать (upolnomóčivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), уполномо́чить (upolnomóčitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), acreditar (Spanish), ackreditera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-accredit-en-verb-p5~fbJDf Disambiguation of 'To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction': 2 83 2 6 1 1 0 6
  3. (transitive) To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate. Tags: transitive Translations (To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.): հավատարմագրել (havatarmagrel) (Armenian), акредитирам (akreditiram) (Bulgarian), akkreditere (Danish), akrediti (Esperanto), akkreditoida (Finnish), accréditer (French), akkreditieren (German), accreditar (Interlingua), accreditare (Italian), accustor (Latin), akkreditere (Norwegian Bokmål), akkreditere (Norwegian Nynorsk), akredytować [imperfective, perfective] (Polish), credenciar (Portuguese), аккредитова́ть (akkreditovátʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), acreditar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-accredit-en-verb-olfuc39R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 7 50 15 10 9 3 1 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 7 43 14 9 10 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 5 54 9 15 6 3 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 57 16 5 9 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 6 10 46 12 5 13 5 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 12 43 15 5 10 5 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 4 7 52 12 7 11 4 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 6 11 42 15 6 11 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 10 44 14 5 11 6 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 7 11 36 15 7 11 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 9 42 15 6 12 6 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 5 10 46 16 5 11 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 9 42 15 6 12 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 6 9 42 15 6 12 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 6 10 44 14 5 11 6 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 7 10 42 13 6 12 6 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 2 6 60 15 4 9 3 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 7 10 36 13 7 15 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 5 13 42 12 5 15 5 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 9 42 15 6 12 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 6 10 44 14 7 10 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 6 10 44 14 5 11 6 4 Disambiguation of 'To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.': 1 1 90 3 1 2 0 1
  4. (transitive) To believe; to put trust in. Tags: transitive Translations (To believe; to credit; to put trust in): поверявам (poverjavam) (Bulgarian), доверявам (doverjavam) (Bulgarian), доверя́ть (doverjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), дове́рить (dovéritʹ) [perfective] (Russian), припи́сывать (pripísyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), приписа́ть (pripisátʹ) (english: ascribe) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-accredit-en-verb-HSXP0sl3 Disambiguation of 'To believe; to credit; to put trust in': 4 11 2 54 4 1 1 25
  5. (transitive) To enter on the credit side of an account book. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-accredit-en-verb-hZEFZdvG
  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. Tags: transitive Translations (to certify as meeting a predetermined standard): whakamana (Maori)
    Sense id: en-accredit-en-verb-BwBuzx5U Disambiguation of 'to certify as meeting a predetermined standard': 1 1 2 1 1 93 1 0
  7. (transitive) To recognize as outstanding. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-accredit-en-verb-y1vl1OXJ
  8. (transitive, literally) To credit. Tags: literally, transitive
    Sense id: en-accredit-en-verb-YtEs8B64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: accreditable, accreditation, accredited, accredition, accreditive, accreditment, accredit with, deaccredit, disaccredit, reaccredit

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "* First attested in the 1610s.\n* From French accréditer, from à (“to”) + to credit, from crédit (“credit”).\n* See credit.",
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        "singular",
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        "To ascribe; attribute; credit with."
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          "text": "February 17, 1793, William Cowper, letter to Samuel Rose, Esq.\nHis censure will […] accredit his praises."
        },
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          "ref": "1612–1620, [Miguel de Cervantes], translated by Thomas Shelton, The History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha. […], London: […] William Stansby, for Ed[ward] Blount and W. Barret, →OCLC:",
          "text": "these reasons […] which accredit and fortify mine opinion.",
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        "(transitive) To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction."
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          "word": "accreditare"
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          "word": "accustor"
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          "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
          "word": "credenciar"
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        {
          "ref": "1856–1870, James Anthony Froude, History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth, volume (please specify |volume=I to XII), London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:",
          "text": "Beton […] was accredited to the Court of France.",
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        }
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        "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate."
      ],
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          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "credential",
          "credential"
        ],
        [
          "ambassador",
          "ambassador"
        ],
        [
          "envoy",
          "envoy"
        ],
        [
          "diplomatic",
          "diplomatic"
        ],
        [
          "authorize",
          "authorize"
        ],
        [
          "messenger",
          "messenger"
        ],
        [
          "delegate",
          "delegate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 90 3 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "havatarmagrel",
          "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
          "word": "հավատարմագրել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 90 3 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "akreditiram",
          "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
          "word": "акредитирам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 90 3 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
          "word": "akkreditere"
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          "_dis1": "1 1 90 3 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "eo",
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          "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
          "word": "akrediti"
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          "_dis1": "1 1 90 3 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
          "word": "akkreditoida"
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          "_dis1": "1 1 90 3 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
          "word": "accréditer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 90 3 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
          "word": "akkreditieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 90 3 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
          "word": "accreditar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 90 3 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
          "word": "accreditare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 90 3 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
          "word": "accustor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 90 3 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
          "word": "akkreditere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 90 3 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
          "word": "akkreditere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 90 3 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "akredytować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 90 3 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
          "word": "credenciar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 90 3 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "akkreditovátʹ",
          "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
          "tags": [
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            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "аккредитова́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 90 3 1 2 0 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
          "word": "acreditar"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "1820, Robert Southey, The Life of Wesley; and Rise and Progress of Methodism:",
          "text": "He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1855, George Cornewall Lewis, Enquiry into the Credibility of the Early Roman History:",
          "text": "The version of early Roman history which was accredited in the fifth century.",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "upǎlnomoštavam",
      "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
      "word": "упълномощавам"
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      "word": "akkreditere"
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      "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
      "word": "akrediti"
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      "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
      "word": "accréditer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
      "word": "akkreditieren"
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      "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
      "word": "accreditar"
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      "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
      "word": "accreditare"
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      "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
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      "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
      "word": "credenciar"
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      "roman": "upolnomóčivatʹ",
      "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
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      "roman": "upolnomóčitʹ",
      "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
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      "word": "уполномо́чить"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
      "word": "acreditar"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
      "word": "ackreditera"
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      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "havatarmagrel",
      "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
      "word": "հավատարմագրել"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "akreditiram",
      "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
      "word": "акредитирам"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
      "word": "akkreditere"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
      "word": "akrediti"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
      "word": "akkreditoida"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
      "word": "accréditer"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
      "word": "akkreditieren"
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      "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
      "word": "accreditar"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
      "word": "accreditare"
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      "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
      "word": "accustor"
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      "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
      "word": "akkreditere"
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
      "word": "akkreditere"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "akredytować"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
      "word": "credenciar"
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      "roman": "akkreditovátʹ",
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      "word": "аккредитова́ть"
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      "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
      "word": "acreditar"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "poverjavam",
      "sense": "To believe; to credit; to put trust in",
      "word": "поверявам"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "doverjavam",
      "sense": "To believe; to credit; to put trust in",
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      "english": "ascribe",
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to certify as meeting a predetermined standard",
      "word": "whakamana"
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