v. Obs. [f. Fr. accrédite-r or It. accreditā-re + -ATE3, as if f. L. *accrēditā-re, accrēditāt-us, assumed as their source.] A by-form of ACCREDIT.
1654. Sir A. Cokaine, trans. Loredano, Dianea, IV. § 3. 306. She bowed, kissing the Thracians hands, who would not resist it, to accreditate the beginnings of his Love to be of estimation.
1660. Howell, Lexicon Tetragl., To Philol., It will be an occasion hereby to accreditat her the more.
