accredit

verb8

1. •
   To certify as meeting a predetermined standard; to certify an educational institution as upholding the specified standards necessary for the students to advance.

   • The school was an accredited college.
2. •
   To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.

   • February 17, 1793, William Cowper, letter to Samuel Rose, Esq. His censure will […] accredit his praises.
3. •
   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. — 1856
4. •
   To ascribe; attribute; credit with.

   • Nationalisms often accredit all the unemployment issues to immigration.
5. •
   To credit.
6. •
   To recognize as outstanding.
7. •
   To believe; to put trust in.

   • He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft. — 1820
8. •
   To enter on the credit side of an account book.