accredit

C2+ Topic:Mind & Cognition
US /əˈkrɛdɪt/ UK /əˈkrɛdɪt/
verb

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to officially recognize or authorize as meeting a required standard

    The board agreed to accredit the new medical school.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to officially recognize or... authorizecertifysanctionendorselicenseapproverecognize
Opposites
disaccreditdiscreditdisqualify
Word family
Derived forms 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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