"accredit" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ə.ˈkɹɛd.ɪt/ [US] Audio: en-us-accredit.ogg [US] 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, {{m|fr|a|à|to}} à (“to”), {{m|fr|créditer|to credit}} to credit, {{m|fr|credit|crédit|credit}} crédit (“credit”), {{m|en|credit}} credit 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 5 2 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 33 10 29 18 2 1 Disambiguation of 'To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.': 1 1 84 2 5 4 1 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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 33 10 29 18 2 1 Disambiguation of 'To believe; to credit; to put trust in': 4 10 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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 33 10 29 18 2 1
  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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 33 10 29 18 2 1 Disambiguation of 'to certify as meeting a predetermined standard': 1 1 2 1 2 92 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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        "(transitive) To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction."
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          "roman": "upǎlnomoštavam",
          "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": "akkreditere"
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        {
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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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          "word": "accréditer"
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          "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
          "word": "akkreditieren"
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          "code": "ia",
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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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          "_dis1": "2 83 2 5 2 1 0 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
          "word": "accreditare"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 83 2 5 2 1 0 6",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
          "word": "accustor"
        },
        {
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          "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
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          "word": "akredytować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 83 2 5 2 1 0 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
          "word": "credenciar"
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          "_dis1": "2 83 2 5 2 1 0 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "upolnomóčivatʹ",
          "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "уполномо́чивать"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "upolnomóčitʹ",
          "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "уполномо́чить"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 83 2 5 2 1 0 6",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
          "word": "acreditar"
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          "_dis1": "2 83 2 5 2 1 0 6",
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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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        "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate."
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        [
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        [
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        "(transitive) To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate."
      ],
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 84 2 5 4 1 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 84 2 5 4 1 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 84 2 5 4 1 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"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 84 2 5 4 1 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
          "word": "akrediti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 84 2 5 4 1 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"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 84 2 5 4 1 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 84 2 5 4 1 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 84 2 5 4 1 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 84 2 5 4 1 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 84 2 5 4 1 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 84 2 5 4 1 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 84 2 5 4 1 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 84 2 5 4 1 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 84 2 5 4 1 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 84 2 5 4 1 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": [
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "аккредитова́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 84 2 5 4 1 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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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To believe; to put trust in."
      ],
      "id": "en-accredit-en-verb-HSXP0sl3",
      "links": [
        [
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To believe; to put trust in."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 10 2 54 4 1 1 25",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "poverjavam",
          "sense": "To believe; to credit; to put trust in",
          "word": "поверявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 10 2 54 4 1 1 25",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "doverjavam",
          "sense": "To believe; to credit; to put trust in",
          "word": "доверявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 10 2 54 4 1 1 25",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "doverjátʹ",
          "sense": "To believe; to credit; to put trust in",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "доверя́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 10 2 54 4 1 1 25",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dovéritʹ",
          "sense": "To believe; to credit; to put trust in",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "дове́рить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 10 2 54 4 1 1 25",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pripísyvatʹ",
          "sense": "To believe; to credit; to put trust in",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "припи́сывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 10 2 54 4 1 1 25",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "ascribe",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pripisátʹ",
          "sense": "To believe; to credit; to put trust in",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "приписа́ть"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To enter on the credit side of an account book."
      ],
      "id": "en-accredit-en-verb-hZEFZdvG",
      "links": [
        [
          "account book",
          "account book"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To enter on the credit side of an account book."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The school was an accredited college.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To certify as meeting a predetermined standard; to certify an educational institution as upholding the specified standards necessary for the students to advance."
      ],
      "id": "en-accredit-en-verb-BwBuzx5U",
      "links": [
        [
          "standard",
          "standard"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 2 1 2 92 1 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to certify as meeting a predetermined standard",
          "word": "whakamana"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To recognize as outstanding."
      ],
      "id": "en-accredit-en-verb-y1vl1OXJ",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To recognize as outstanding."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To credit."
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        "(transitive, literally) To credit."
      ],
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      "ipa": "/ə.ˈkɹɛd.ɪt/",
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}
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      "word": "accreditable"
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    {
      "word": "accreditation"
    },
    {
      "word": "accredited"
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    {
      "word": "accredition"
    },
    {
      "word": "accreditive"
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    {
      "word": "accreditment"
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    {
      "word": "accredit with"
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    {
      "word": "deaccredit"
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    {
      "form": "accrediting",
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        "To ascribe; attribute; credit with."
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        "(transitive) To ascribe; attribute; credit with."
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      "categories": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "February 17, 1793, William Cowper, letter to Samuel Rose, Esq.\nHis censure will […] accredit his praises."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "credit",
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        [
          "invest",
          "invest"
        ],
        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
        ],
        [
          "sanction",
          "sanction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "credential",
          "credential"
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        [
          "ambassador",
          "ambassador"
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        [
          "envoy",
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        [
          "diplomatic",
          "diplomatic"
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        [
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        [
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          "delegate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To believe; to put trust in."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "believe",
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To believe; to put trust in."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To enter on the credit side of an account book."
      ],
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        [
          "account book",
          "account book"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To enter on the credit side of an account book."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The school was an accredited college.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To certify as meeting a predetermined standard; to certify an educational institution as upholding the specified standards necessary for the students to advance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "standard"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To recognize as outstanding."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To recognize as outstanding."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "To credit."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, literally) To credit."
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "transitive"
      ]
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "upǎlnomoštavam",
      "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
      "word": "упълномощавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
      "word": "akkreditere"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
      "word": "akrediti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
      "word": "accreditar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
      "word": "accreditare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
      "word": "accustor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "akredytować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
      "word": "credenciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "upolnomóčivatʹ",
      "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "уполномо́чивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "upolnomóčitʹ",
      "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "уполномо́чить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
      "word": "acreditar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction",
      "word": "ackreditera"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.",
      "word": "akrediti"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "аккредитова́ть"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "poverjavam",
      "sense": "To believe; to credit; to put trust in",
      "word": "поверявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "doverjavam",
      "sense": "To believe; to credit; to put trust in",
      "word": "доверявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "doverjátʹ",
      "sense": "To believe; to credit; to put trust in",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "доверя́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dovéritʹ",
      "sense": "To believe; to credit; to put trust in",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "дове́рить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pripísyvatʹ",
      "sense": "To believe; to credit; to put trust in",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "припи́сывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "ascribe",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pripisátʹ",
      "sense": "To believe; to credit; to put trust in",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "приписа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to certify as meeting a predetermined standard",
      "word": "whakamana"
    }
  ],
  "word": "accredit"
}

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