verb (accredits, accrediting, accredited) with object (usually be accredited)

1. give credit to (someone) for something:

〈人が〉信頼される

e.g. he was accredited with being one of the world's fastest sprinters.

attribute an action, saying, or quality to:

｟かたく｠ ; 〖通例be ～ed to A〗 〈発見などが〉A〈人〉によると見なされる; 〈性質などが〉A〈人〉にあるとされる; 〖通例be ～ed with A〗 〈人が〉A〈発見など〉を行ったと見なされる

e.g. the discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs.

2. (of an official body) give authority or sanction to (someone or something) when recognized standards have been met:

〖通例be ～ed〗 〈学校･人などが〉(正式に)認可, 認定される

e.g. institutions that do not meet the standards will not be accredited for teacher training.

3. give official authorization for (someone, typically a diplomat or journalist) to be in a particular place or to hold a particular post:

〈大使などが〉(信任状を授かって) «…に» 派遣される «to, at»

e.g. an ambassador accredited to a northern European country.

accreditor noun

early 17th century (in accredit (sense 2) ): from French accréditer, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + crédit ‘credit’.