Dictionary Entry

accredit

accredit is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 7 senses

Definitions

1transitive verb
To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.
2transitive verb
To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
3transitive verb
To believe; to credit; to put trust in.
4transitive verb
To credit; to vouch for or consider (some one) as doing something, or (something) as belonging to some one.
5verb
ascribe an achievement to
"She was not properly credited in the program"
Synonyms
credit
6verb
grant credentials to
"The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution"
"recognize an academic degree"
Synonyms
recognise recognize
7verb
provide or send (envoys or embassadors) with official credentials

Synonyms

credit recognise recognize

Common word forms

accredits accredited accrediting accreditable accreditment

Words from these letters

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