From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Credit \Cred"it\ (kr[e^]d"[i^]t), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Credited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Crediting}.]
1. To confide in the truth of; to give credence to; to put trust in; to believe.
How shall they credit A poor unlearned virgin? --Shak.
2. To bring honor or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.
You credit the church as much by your government as you did the school formerly by your wit. --South.
3. (Bookkeeping) To enter upon the credit side of an account; to give credit for; as, to credit the amount paid; to set to the credit of; as, to credit a man with the interest paid on a bond.
{To credit with}, to give credit for; to assign as justly due to any one.
Crove, Helmholtz, and Meyer, are more than any others to be credited with the clear enunciation of this doctrine. --Newman.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: (usually followed by 'to') given credit for; "an invention credited to Edison" [syn: {credited(p)}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "credited": accepted, accountable, accredited, alleged, ascribable, assignable, attributable, attributed, believed, charged, derivable from, derivational, derivative, due, explicable, imputable, imputed, of good credit, owing, putative, received, referable, referred to, traceable, trusted, uncontested, undisputed, undoubted, unquestioned, unsuspected, well-rated
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