To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
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 put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.
To credit.
To ascribe; attribute; credit with.
To believe; to put trust in.
To recognize as outstanding.
To officially empower, authorize, pronounce, and establish (someone) to be a deputy.
to officially empower and authorize (someone) to act as a substitute in one's role or office
To act as a substitute for a person in their role or office