accredited

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈkɹɛd.ɪt.əd/

• accredit +‎ -ed
• From the French accréditer.
• See credit.

accredited

1. simple past tense and past participle of accredit

• First attested in the 1630s.

accredited (comparative more accredited, superlative most accredited)

1. Given official approval after meeting certain standards, as an accredited university; or as disease free cattle.
   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 31, in The Dust of Conflict‎:

     The task was more to Appleby's liking than the one he had anticipated, and it was necessary, since the smaller merchants in Cuba and also in parts of Peninsular Spain have no great confidence in bankers, and prefer a packet of golden onzas or a bag of pesetas to the best accredited cheque.

   • Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four

     The answer should give us the— But halloo! here are the accredited representatives of the law.

• commissioned, licensed