accredit
/uh-KRED-it/verbto officially recognize or certify as meeting standards
“The board voted to accredit the new nursing program.”
- Synonyms
- certify, authorize, endorse
- Antonyms
- discredit, decertify
- Root
- cred- (believe)
- Memory hook
- ac (to) + credit (belief): grant official belief to.
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