Obs. Also 7 Sc. concrydit. [f. L. concrēdit-, ppl. stem of concrēdĕre to entrust, f. con- together + crēdĕre to trust: cf. CREDIT v.]
1. trans. To entrust, confide, commit (to a person, into his hands, etc.); to give into his charge.
1593. Bowes, Lett. to Burghley, 6 Sept., in Tytler, Hist. Scot. (1864), IV. 204, note. Whatsoever shall be concredited to his trust and secrecy.
1641. ‘Smectymnuus,’ Vind. Answ., ii. 46. Into whose hands hee hath concredited the worke.
1676. W. Row, Contn. Blair’s Autobiog., x. (1848), 183. He told them that he would concreditt himself to them.
1689. trans. Buchanan’s De Jure Regni, 13. It was better that their liberty should be concredited to Laws than to Kings.
b. Const. (a thing) with (a person). rare.
1647. Ward, Simp. Cobler (1843), 60. Dare you not concredit the Militia, with those to whom you may betrust your heart?
1772. Lett. to Bp. Rochester, 2 (T.). Ecclesia commendata … is that church, which is … concredited with some ecclesiastical person, in the nature of a trustee.
c. (a person, etc.) with (a thing). rare.
1655. Gurnall, Chr. in Arm, II. 50. They were concredited with that heavenly treasure.
2. To accredit, authenticate, prove trustworthy.
1659. Rushw., Hist. Coll., I. Pref. Where I make mention of any Letters or Passages … I first well weighed the same … and found many of them concredited before I inserted them.
Hence Concredited ppl. a. entrusted.
1802. Paley, Nat. Theol., xxvi. (1819), 470. An inequality of concredited talents.
