1. officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence

~”accredited schools”

2. provided with official credentials

~”an accredited diplomatic representative”

3. accepted as authoritative

~”an accredited theory”

The hospital is fully accredited.

2. appoint somebody as envoy: to appoint somebody as an envoy or ambassador to another country

3. give somebody authority: to give somebody the authority to perform a function ( usually passive )

4. attribute quality to somebody: to regard somebody as having a particular quality

accredited them with more intelligence than they have

5. ascribe something to somebody: to consider something as belonging to or attributable to somebody

We cannot accredit all the problems to immigration.

qualified

ascribed

official

recognized