Accredit

Ac·cred·it

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Accredited; p. pr. & vb. n. Accrediting

To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.
His censure will . . . accredit his praises.
— Cowper.

These reasons . . . which accredit and fortify mine opinion.
— Shelton.
To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
Beton . . . was accredited to the Court of France.
— Froude.
To believe; to credit; to put trust in.
The version of early Roman history which was accredited in the fifth century.
— Sir G. C. Lewis.

He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft.
— Southey.
To credit; to vouch for or consider (some one) as doing something, or (something) as belonging to some one.

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