Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.