"accreditate" meaning in English

See accreditate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: accreditates [present, singular, third-person], accreditating [participle, present], accreditated [participle, past], accreditated [past]
Etymology: Perhaps by back-formation from accreditation. Head templates: {{en-verb}} accreditate (third-person singular simple present accreditates, present participle accreditating, simple past and past participle accreditated)
  1. (transitive, rare) To accredit. Tags: rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-accreditate-en-verb-5sunSsla Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 49 41 7 3

Inflected forms

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