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Webster 1913 Edition
Accredit
Ac-cred′it
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Accredited
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Accrediting
.] 1.
To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.
His censure will . . .
accredit
his praises. Cowper.
These reasons . . . which
accredit
and fortify mine opinion. Shelton.
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. Froude.
3.
To believe; to credit; to put trust in.
The version of early Roman history which was
accredited
in the fifth century. Sir G. C. Lewis.
He
accredited
and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft. Southey.
4.
To credit; to vouch for or consider (some one) as doing something, or (something) as belonging to some one.
To accredit
(one) with
(something)to attribute something to him;
as, Mr. Clay was
.accredited with
these views; they accredit
him with
a wise sayingWebster 1828 Edition
Accredit
ACCRED'IT
,Verb.
T.
To give credit, authority, or reputation; to accredit an envoy, is to receive him in his public character, and give him credit and rank accordingly.