Ae-crēd'it, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. ACCREDITED; p. pr. & vb. n. ACCREDITING.] [Fr. accréditer, Sp. acreditar, It. accreditare, from Lat. accreditus, p. p. of accredere, to assent to, compounded of ad and credere, to believe. See CREDIT.]
Sense 1. To give trust or confidence to. His party will . . . protect and accredit him, in spite of conduct the most contradictory to their own principles. W. Scott.
Sense 2. To receive, as an envoy, in his public character, and give him credit and rank accordingly. Burke.
Sense 3. To send with credentials, as an envoy. They returned to court with no further pretension to power or influence than an ambassador in our days when he returns from the country to which he is accredited. J. White.