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TO ACCREDIT

Definition: TO ACCREDIT

TO ACCREDIT

1. (one) with (something), to attribute something to him; as, Mr. Clay was accredited with these views; they accredit him with a wise saying.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: TO ACCREDIT

Specialty definitions using "TO ACCREDIT": Designated Approving Authority. (references)

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Historic Usage: TO ACCREDIT

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

Germany agrees, from the coming into force of the present Treaty, not to accredit nor to send to any foreign country any military, naval or air mission, nor to allow any such mission to leave her territory, and Germany further agrees to take appropriate measures to prevent German nationals from leaving her territory to become enrolled in the Army, Navy or Air service of any foreign Power, or to be attached to such Army, Navy or Air service for the purpose of assisting in the military, naval or air training thereof, or otherwise for the purpose of giving military, naval or air instruction in any foreign country. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: TO ACCREDIT

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Through its Resolution No. 145/95, the Ministry of Health, established standards to accredit and categorize imaging diagnostic services, through which imaging centers are evaluated and registered based on the quality and accuracy of service. (references)

Civil Liberties

India

In addition to about 10 national universities and 256 state universities, states are empowered to accredit locally run private institutions. (references)

Nigeria

Among other provisions, Decree 60 gave the Press Council the power to accredit and register journalists and the power to suspend journalists from practicing. (references)

Economic History

Sao Tome and Principe

The United States was among the first countries to accredit an ambassador to Sao Tome and Principe. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: TO ACCREDIT

Language Translations for "TO ACCREDIT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

overleggen van geloofsbrieven. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

valtuuttaa lähettilääksi, akkreditoida. (various references)

   

French

  

accréditer. (various references)

   

German

  

akkreditieren (accredit, give credit facilities). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

megbízólevéllel ellát (accredit), akkreditál (accredit). (various references)

   

Italian

  

accreditare (accredit, credit, take into account). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay accreditay

   

Portuguese

  

acreditar (accredit, believe, come to believe, consider, credit, deem, guarantee, take in, think, Trow). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ackreditera (accredit, accredit to, open a credit for). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TO ACCREDIT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-e-i-o-r-t-t"

-2 letters: accredit, ceratoid, citrated, codirect, dictator, teratoid, tetracid, tetradic.

-3 letters: acrotic, attired, cactoid, carotid, cattier, cerotic, citator, citrate, coacted, cordate, cordite, cottier, detract, dictate, docetic, dottier, ectatic, erotica, octadic, orectic, redcoat, ricotta, rotated, toccate.

-4 letters: accord, acetic, adroit, airted, aortic, arctic, attire, caried, carted, catted, cattie, cicero, coated, coater, codeia, coedit, cottae, cottar, cotter.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-c-d-e-i-o-r-t-t"
 

+1 letter: decorticate.

 

+2 letters: contradicted, decorticated, decorticates, decorticator.

 

+3 letters: accreditation, decorticating, decortication, decorticators.

 

+4 letters: accreditations, antidemocratic, contradictable, contraindicate, decortications, uncontradicted.

 

+5 letters: contradictories, contraindicated, contraindicates, decertification, deconcentrating, deconcentration, diffractometric, electrodialytic, noncertificated, reaccreditation, ultrademocratic.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TO ACCREDIT


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      41 43 43 52 45 44 49 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01000001 01000011 01000011 01010010 01000101 01000100 01001001 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#65 &#67 &#67 &#82 &#69 &#68 &#73 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0041 0043 0043 0052 0045 0044 0049 0054

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

544923537375239384354

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Non-English Dictionaries with "TO ACCREDIT"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatiehollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, holland, olandese, holandês, holländsk

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutossuomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, finn, finlandese, finlandês, finês, finsk

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionranskalainen, français, französisch, francia, francese, francês, fransk, franska

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, DefinitionDuitse, saksalainen, allemand, német, tedesco, alemão, tysk

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordításHongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, magyar, ungherese, ungrare

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneitalialainen, italien, italienisch, olasz, italiano, italiensk, italienska, italienare

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, portugál, portoghese, português, portugis

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, översättningZweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, svéd, svedese, svensk

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationenglantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, angol, inglese, inglês, engelsk
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Historic
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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