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Definition of credential verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

credential

verb
 
/krəˈdenʃl/
 
/krəˈdenʃl/
[usually passive] (North American English)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they credential
 
/krəˈdenʃl/
 
/krəˈdenʃl/
he / she / it credentials
 
/krəˈdenʃlz/
 
/krəˈdenʃlz/
past simple credentialed
 
/krəˈdenʃld/
 
/krəˈdenʃld/
past participle credentialed
 
/krəˈdenʃld/
 
/krəˈdenʃld/
-ing form credentialing
 
/krəˈdenʃlɪŋ/
 
/krəˈdenʃlɪŋ/
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  1. be credentialed to be provided with credentials
    • Faculty members needed to be properly credentialed in their respective disciplines.
    Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin credentialis, from credentia, from Latin credent- ‘believing’, from the verb credere. The original use was as an adjective in the sense ‘giving credence to, recommending’, frequently in credential letters or papers, hence credentials (mid 17th cent.).
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