Part 2563

<cs><col>To credit with</col>, <cd>to give credit for; to assign as justly due to any one.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>Crove, Helmholtz, and Meyer, are more than any others <b>to be credited with</b> the clear enunciation of this doctrine. <i>Newman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Creditable</h1> <Xpage=342>

<hw>Cred"it*a*ble</hw> <tt>(-?-b'l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Worthy of belief.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Divers <b>creditable</b> witnesses deposed. <i>Ludlow.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Deserving or possessing reputation or esteem; reputable; estimable.</def>

<blockquote>This gentleman was born of <b>creditable</b> parents. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Bringing credit, reputation, or honor; honorable; <as>as, such conduct is highly <ex>creditable</ex> to him</as>.</def>

<i>Macualay.</i>

<blockquote>He settled him in a good <b>creditable</b> way of living. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Creditableness</h1> <Xpage=342>

<hw>Cred"it*a*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being creditable.</def>

<h1>Creditably</h1> <Xpage=342>

<hw>Cred"it*a*bly</hw> <tt>(-?-bl?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a creditable manner; reputably; with credit.</def>

<h1>Credit foncier</h1> <Xpage=342>

<hw>Cre`dit" fon`cier"</hw> <tt>(kr?d?" f?n`s??")</tt>. <ety>[F. <ets>cr<?/dit</ets> credit & <ets>foncier</ets> relating to land, landed.]</ety> <def>A company licensed for the purpose of carrying out improvements, by means of loans and advances upon real securities.</def> ] <h1>Credit mobilier</h1> <Xpage=342>

<hw>Cre`dit" mo`bi`lier"</hw> <tt>(m?`b?`ly?")</tt>. <ety>[F. <ets>cr<?/dit</ets> credit & <ets>mobilier</ets> personal, pertaining to personal property.]</ety> <def>A joint stock company, formed for general banking business, or for the construction of public works, by means of loans on personal estate, after the manner of the <i>cr\'82dit foncier</i> on real estate. In practice, however, this distinction has not been strictly observed.</def>

<h1>Creditor</h1> <Xpage=342>

<hw>Cred"it*or</hw> <tt>(kr?d"?t-?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.: cf. F. <ets>cr<?/diteur</ets>. See <er>Credit</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who credits, believes, or trusts.</def>

<blockquote>The easy <b>creditors</b> of novelties. <i>Daniel.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who gives credit in business matters; hence, one to whom money is due; -- correlative to <i>debtor</i>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Creditors</b> have better memories than debtors. <i>Franklin.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Creditress krdt-rs, Creditrix</h1> <Xpage=342>

<hw><hw>Cred"it*ress</hw> <tt>(kr?d"?t-r?s)</tt>, <hw>Cred"i*trix</hw> <tt>(kr?d"?-tr?ks)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>creditrix</ets>.]</ety> <def>A female creditor.</def>

<h1>Credo</h1> <Xpage=342>

<hw>Cre"do</hw> <tt>(kr?"d?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. See <er>Creed</er>.]</ety> <def>The creed, as sung or read in the Roman Catholic church.</def>

<blockquote>He repeated Aves and <b>Credos</b>. <i>Macualay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Credulity</h1> <Xpage=342>