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 accept or take on an obligation or liability.
To accept blame, punishment, or accountability for something within one's role or chain of command, especially when a leader protects the subordinates who caused the problem.
To blame oneself for something; to acknowledge a fault.