Definition of "accredit" in English

verb

1. (transitive) To ascribe; attribute; credit with.

   • Nationalisms often accredit all the unemployment issues to immigration.

2. (transitive) To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.

   • February 17, 1793, William Cowper, letter to Samuel Rose, Esq. His censure will […] accredit his praises.

3. (transitive) To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.

4. (transitive) To believe; to put trust in.

5. (transitive) To enter on the credit side of an account book.

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.

   • The school was an accredited college.

7. (transitive) To recognize as outstanding.

8. (transitive, literally) To credit.