Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To invest with credit or authority; to sanction; as to accredit a school. 2. (v. t.) To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate. 3. (v. t.) To believe; to credit; to put trust in. 4. (v. t.) To credit; to vouch for or consider (some one) as doing something, or (something) as belonging to some one.

Multi-Version Concordance Accredit (1 Occurrence) 1 Corinthians 16:3 And when I am with you, whatever brethren you accredit by letter I will send to carry your kind gift to Jerusalem. (WEY RSV)