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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Accredit \Ac*cred"it\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Accredited}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Accrediting}.] [F. accr['e]diter; ['a] (L. ad) +
cr['e]dit credit. See {Credit}.]
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 saying.
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