Accredit1. (v. t.) To invest with credit or authority; to sanction; as to accredit a school.
2. (v. t.) To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
3. (v. t.) To believe; to credit; to put trust in.
4. (v. t.) To credit; to vouch for or consider (some one) as doing something, or (something) as belonging to some one.
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