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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Credit \Cred"it\ (kr[e^]d"[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Credited; p. pr. & vb. n. Crediting.]
     1. To confide in the truth of; to give credence to; to put
        trust in; to believe.
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              How shall they credit
              A poor unlearned virgin?              --Shak.
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     2. To bring honor or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise
        the estimation of.
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              You credit the church as much by your government as
              you did the school formerly by your wit. --South.
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     3. (Bookkeeping) To enter upon the credit side of an account;
        to give credit for; as, to credit the amount paid; to set
        to the credit of; as, to credit a man with the interest
        paid on a bond.
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     To credit with, to give credit for; to assign as justly due
        to any one.
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              Crove, Helmholtz, and Meyer, are more than any
              others to be credited with the clear enunciation of
              this doctrine.                        --Newman.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Credit \Cred"it\ (kr[e^]d"[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Credited; p. pr. & vb. n. Crediting.]
     1. To confide in the truth of; to give credence to; to put
        trust in; to believe.
  
              How shall they credit A poor unlearned virgin?
                                                    --Shak.
  
     2. To bring honor or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise
        the estimation of.
  
              You credit the church as much by your government as
              you did the school formerly by your wit. --South.
  
     3. (Bookkeeping) To enter upon the credit side of an account;
        to give credit for; as, to credit the amount paid; to set
        to the credit of; as, to credit a man with the interest
        paid on a bond.
  
     To credit with, to give credit for; to assign as justly due
        to any one.
  
              Crove, Helmholtz, and Meyer, are more than any
              others to be credited with the clear enunciation of
              this doctrine.                        --Newman.

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