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accredit
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Word definitions for accredit in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Accredit \Ac*cred"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accredited ; p. pr. & vb. n. Accrediting .] [F. accr['e]diter; [`a] (L. ad) + cr['e]dit credit. See Credit .] To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction. His censure ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, from French accréditer , from à "to" (see ad- ) + créditer "to credit" (someone with a sum), from crédit "credit" (see credit (n.)). Related: Accredited ; accrediting .\n
Usage examples of accredit.
I feel, however, that in view of the expansion and the growing importance of the administrative sphere of the Cause, the general sentiments and tendencies prevailing among the friends, and the signs of increasing interdependence among the National Spiritual Assemblies throughout the world, the assembled accredited representatives of the American believers should exercise not only the vital and responsible right of electing the National Assembly, but should also fulfill the functions of an enlightened, consultative and cooperative body that will enrich the experience, enhance the prestige, support the authority, and assist the deliberations of the National Spiritual Assembly.
We are led by the following considerations to think that Plato really meant to accredit the transmigration of souls literally.
Normally he would have taken it up with Franklin, the properly accredited minister to the Court, with whom he had never known the least discord.
Little could have delighted Adams more than the chance to show her the country that meant so much to him, where success had been his, where, as they both appreciated, he had helped change the course of history, and where he was still the accredited American minister, Congress having never bothered to replace him.
Probability assigns them to the SPEEDWELL, and they are needed to make her accredited number.
There is a possibility that Thomas Rogers and his son, Joseph, who are usually accredited to the Leyden company, were of the London contingent, and sailed from there, though this is contra-indicated by certain collateral data.
AFFM ninety-nine Will have more accredited participants than any of its predecessors since the event moved to Santa Monica.
Dyeing your hair to fit in with the antiquated dress codes rubbed me the wrong way, but part of being an accredited Necromance was presenting a united front to the world.
Being accredited meant being able to carry edged metal in transports, and I had never been so glad.
Indeed, the best accredited and most popular couples would take a start away from their companions and acquaintances, and ride ten miles or so to be married privately, and so escape all ceremony.
As an accredited representative of my government, I could hardly be accused of doing such a thing without conclusive proof.
The discovery of radium is chiefly accredited to a woman, and women have a few valuable inventions to their credit.
Furious at the cancellation of a tour which had taken a great deal of arranging and represented the first time in eight months of the war that a foreign officer had been able to get accredited to a unit in the field, Stilwell offered every kind of excuse almost to the point of insubordination to avoid going to Lanchow.
They were reported to be aggressively engaged in guerilla warfare against the enemy in the provinces of Shantung, Hopei, Shansi and north Kiangsu, although direct evidence was lacking because no foreigner accredited to Chungking was allowed to visit the area north of the quarantine line.
Lord and the handmaids of the Merciful, the accredited delegates to the Annual Convention of America, Chicago, Illinois.