accredit

(ə-krĕd'ĭt)
tr.v., -it·ed, -it·ing, -its.

1. To ascribe or attribute to; credit with.
2. 1. To supply with credentials or authority; authorize. See synonyms at authorize.
   2. To appoint as an ambassador to a foreign government.
3. 1. To attest to and approve as meeting a prescribed standard. See synonyms at approve.
   2. To recognize (an institution of learning) as maintaining those standards requisite for its graduates to gain admission to other reputable institutions of higher learning or to achieve credentials for professional practice.
4. To believe.

[French accréditer : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + crédit, credit (from Old French; see credit).]

accreditable ac·cred'it·a·ble adj.

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verb

1. To regard as belonging to or resulting from another: ascribe, assign, attribute, charge, credit, impute, lay, refer. See give/take/reciprocity.
2. To give authority to: authorize, commission, empower, enable, entitle, license, qualify. See allow/prevent.

v

Definition: give authorization or control
Antonyms: deny, disapprove, reject

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

To give official authorization or status. To recognize as having sufficient academic standards to qualify graduates for higher education or for professional practice. In international law: (1) To acknowledge; to receive as an envoy and give that person credit and rank accordingly. (2) To send with credentials as an envoy. This latter use is now the accepted one.

IN BRIEF: adj. - Given official approval to act..

Regionally accredited schools are predominantly academically oriented, non-profit institutions — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_accreditation

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Recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria.

• a. herds — cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g., the tuberculin or brucellosis agglutination tests; chicken flocks proven to be free of pullorum disease.
• a. inspectors — veterinarians who have attended appropriate continuing education courses and performed well enough through a probationary period to be accredited as part-time veterinary inspectors; employed by governments or more local authorities.
• a. schools — in some countries a governmental or professional body conducts periodic examinations of the country's veterinary schools to determine their efficacy as teaching schools. Schools which lose their accreditation usually lose their status as providers of veterinary graduates who are adequate to the needs of the country's animals.

For a list of words related to accredited, see:

• Colleges and Universities - accredited: (adj) issuing degrees recognized as valid

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - tillægge, tilskrive

idioms:

• accredit at    akkreditere, udsende, forsyne med akkreditiv
• accredit to    tillægge, tilskrive
• accredit with    give æren for

Nederlands (Dutch)
toeschrijven, met geloofsbrieven sturen, officieel erkennen, als voortreffelijk beschouwen

Français (French)
v. tr. - accréditer, attribuer qch à qn

idioms:

• accredit at    accréditer auprès de
• accredit to    attribuer à
• accredit with    être censé (avoir fait)

Deutsch (German)
v. - zuschreiben, akkreditieren, bestätigen

idioms:

• accredit at    jdn. zu einer bestimmten Stelle ernennen, jdn. als etwas berufen
• accredit to    zuschreiben, akkreditieren, bestätigen
• accredit with    zuschreiben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διαπιστεύω, πιστοδοτώ, εξουσιοδοτώ, πιστοποιώ, επικυρώνω

idioms:

• accredit at    διαπιστεύω
• accredit to    αποδίδω
• accredit with    πιστοδοτώ

Italiano (Italian)
attribuire, accreditare, fornire di credenziali

idioms:

• accredit to    attribuire a, ascrivere a
• accredit with    ascrivere a

Português (Portuguese)
v. - acreditar, conferir poderes, dar crédito a, apresentar credenciais, aprovar

idioms:

• accredit to    reconhecer oficialmente
• accredit with    credenciar

Русский (Russian)
уполномочивать

idioms:

• accredit to    послать (назначить) кого-то в качестве кого-то
• accredit with    приписывать что-то

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - acreditar, reconocer, presentar credenciales

idioms:

• accredit at    acreditado ante, enviado a, enviar o instalar como enviado
• accredit to    ser designado a, enviado a, acreditado a
• accredit with    autorizado, acreditado, reconocido, responsable

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - ackreditera, auktorisera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
相信, 归功于, 认可, 委派, 授权, 信任

idioms:

• accredit at    委派, 派出
• accredit to    派往, 把...归结于
• accredit with    认为...具有某种资格或特点等

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 相信, 歸功於, 認可, 委派, 授權, 信任

idioms:

• accredit at    委派, 派出
• accredit to    派往, 把...歸結於
• accredit with    認為...具有某種資格或特點等

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~이라고 간주하다, 믿다, 파견하다, 품질을 인정하다

idioms:

• accredit at    을 파견하다
• accredit to    ~으로 간주하다
• accredit with    ~으로 돌리다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - やったことだとする, 帰する, 有資格と認定する, 功績とする, 信任する, 派遣する

idioms:

• accredit to    帰する, 派遣する
• accredit with    発見者・功績者と見なす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) مفوض, مجاز, معتمد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ייחס ל-, הסמיך, מינה שגריר, הכיר ב-, אישר‬

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