ppl. a. [f. ACCREDIT + -ED. Cf. Fr. accrédité used in the same sense.] Furnished with credentials, publicly or officially recognized; given forth as worthy of belief, authoritatively sanctioned.
1634. J. Canne, Necess. Separ. (1849), 3. Those accredited believers for whom it was appointed.
1804. Southey, in Ann. Rev., II. 4. Columbus persevered, and his discoveries received the name of India from his accredited error. Ibid. (1810), Lett., II. 201. Colonel Burke is there as an accredited spy.
1831. Gen. P. Thompson, Exerc. (1842), I. 436. The latest accredited rumour is, that the Lords are determined to resist the reformation of the House of Commons.
1837. Whewell, Hist. Induct. Sc., I. 238 (1857). They sought their philosophy in accredited treatises.
1863. Conf. Ticket of Leave Man, 4. To reward long-accredited service in a confidential situation.
1870. Illustr. Lond. News, 29 Oct., 438. The diplomatic body accredited at Madrid.
