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accredit
[uh-kred-it]
verb (used with object)
to provide or send with credentials; designate officially.
to accredit an envoy.
to certify (a school, college, or the like) as meeting all formal official requirements of academic excellence, curriculum, facilities, etc.
to make authoritative, creditable, or reputable; sanction.
to regard as true; believe.
to ascribe or attribute to (usually followed bywith ).
He was accredited with having said it.
to attribute or ascribe; consider as belonging.
an invention accredited to Edison.
accredit
/ əˈɛɪ /
verb
to ascribe or attribute
to give official recognition to; sanction; authorize
to certify or guarantee as meeting required standards
to furnish or send (an envoy, etc) with official credentials
to appoint (someone) as an envoy, etc
to pass (a candidate) for university entrance on school recommendation without external examination
there are six accrediting schools in the area
Other 51Թ Forms
- accreditable adjective
- accreditation noun
- preaccredit verb (used with object)
- reaccredit verb (used with object)
- ˌ徱ˈٲپDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of accredit1
Example Sentences
“I knew they would bring people here” to the federal building, said Anderson, who is accredited by the Department of Justice as a legal representative.
It’s more active than ever with a newly accredited middle school, a summer intensive program, a tap festival and annual “Hot Chocolate Nutcracker” holiday show.
Hundreds of journalists were accredited for a process that would, surely, dominate headlines in France throughout its three-month duration and force a queasy public to confront a crime too often shunted to the sidelines.
In its statement, the zoo reiterated that it evaluated all available options, including AZA accredited sanctuaries, as activists had been pushing for.
On Tuesday, the Nonhuman Rights Project filed a petition in court seeking recognition of the elephants’ “right to liberty” and their release to an accredited sanctuary.
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