Accredit

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To Believe; to Credit; to put trust in.

II. Accredit ·vt To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to Sanction.

III. Accredit ·vt To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.

IV. Accredit ·vt To Credit; to vouch for or consider (some one) as doing something, or (something) as belonging to some one.