Accredit
Accredit ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[French accréditer; à (Latin ad) + crédit credit. See Credit.]
1.
To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.
His censure will... accredit his praises.
These reasons... which accredit and fortify mine opinion.
2.
To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
Beton... was accredited to the Court of France.
3.
To believe; to credit; to put trust in.
The version of early Roman history which was accredited in the fifth century.
He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft.
4.
To credit; to vouch for or consider (some one) as doing something, or (something) as belonging to some one.
Collocations (1)
To accredit or with , to attribute something to him; as, Mr. Clay was accredited with these views; they accredit him with a wise saying.