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to officially recognize or authorize as meeting a required standard
The board agreed to accredit the new medical school.
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accreditationaccredited
Etymology
From French accréditer ('to give credit to'), from a- ('to') + crédit ('credit'), from Latin crēditum ('a loan, thing entrusted'), from crēdere ('to believe, trust').
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