Obs. rare. [f. prec.: cf. the parallel OF. créancer, f. créance.] trans. To give credence to, believe, credit.
1522. Skelton, Why not to Court, 439. In credensyng his tales.
1563. in Strype, Ann. Ref., I. xxxiv. 381. Neither the certificate … nor the indictment … are to be credenced.
