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To give official authorization or status. To recognize as having sufficient academic standards to qualify graduates for higher education or for professional practice. In International Law: (1) To acknowledge; to receive as an envoy and give that person credit and rank accordingly. (2) To send with credentials as an envoy. This latter use is now the accepted one. accredit verb accept, affirm, approve, authenticate, authorize, certify, confirm, endorse, ratify, sanction, vouch for Associated concepts: accredited law school, accredited reppesentative See also: agree, allow, approve, ascribe, authorize, bestow, certify, concur, confirm, corroborate, cosign, countenance, delegate, empower, honor, indorse, notarize, qualify, seal, sign, support, trust, verify TO ACCREDIT, international law. The act by which a diplomatic agent is acknowledged by the government near which he is sent. This at once makes his public character known, and becomes his protection. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The following table (Pierce, 1995) illustrates the decline in the
number of agencies accredited and displays the ratio of accredited
agencies to potentially accreditable agencies. He says, "They could be
accredited by AAALAC, describe themselves as accreditable by AAALAC or
say that they're moving toward this goal. Measuring up to
the association's high standards, the MIAMI Institute is recognized
with a three-year term of accreditation and the AAAHC characteristics
indicative of an accreditable organization. |
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