To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.
To certify as meeting a predetermined standard; to certify an educational institution as upholding the specified standards necessary for the students to advance.
To enter on the credit side of an account book.
To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
To credit.
To ascribe; attribute; credit with.
To believe; to put trust in.
To recognize as outstanding.
To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.