crēdo Copy link Outline I. Orig. belonging to the lang. of business, ...B. crēdĭtum, i, n., a loan, Sall. C. 25, 4 ...II. Transf. beyond the circle of business . ...A. With the prevailing idea of intended protection, ...B. With the prevailing idea of bestowing confidence, ...1. With dat.2. Esp., with in and acc. of pers., to believe in, trust in ...C. To trust one in his declarations, assertions ...b. Mihi crede, believe me, confide in my words, upon my word ...c. Credor in poets several times equivalent to creditur mihid. Sibi, to believe one's self, trust one's own convictions, be fully convinced ...2. With simple reference to the object mentioned or asserted, ...b. In gen. = opinor, arbitror, to be of opinion, to think, believe, suppose ...(a). With acc.(b). With acc. and inf.(g). Absol. ⓘcrēdit: pres ind act 3rd sg • crēdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (pres. subj. creduam, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 2: creduas, id. Bacch. 3, 3, 72; id. Trin. 3, 1, 5: creduat, id. Bacch. 3, 4, 5; 4, 7, 6: creduis, id. Am. 2, 2, 49; id. Capt. 3, 4, 73: creduit, id. Truc. 2, 2, 52; inf. credier, id. Poen. 2, 43; crevi for credidi, id. Cist. 1, 1, 1), v. a. [Sanscr. crat, crad, trust, and dha-; v. 2. do]. I. Orig. belonging to the lang. of business, to give as a loan, to loan, lend, make or loan to any one: (vilicus) injussu domini credat nemini; quod dominus crediderit, exigat, Cato, R. R. 5, 4: quibus credas male, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 20; cf. populis, Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4: alicui grandem pecuniam, id. ib. 2, 4; so, pecunias ei, id. Fam. 1, 7, 6; and: pecuniae creditae, id. Prov. Cons. 4, 7: centum talenta, Quint. 5, 10, 111: solutio rerum creditarum, Cic. Off. 2, 24, 84 et saep.—Hence, B. crēdĭtum, i, n., a loan, Sall. C. 25, 4; Liv. 6, 15, 5; 6, 27, 3; 8, 28, 3; Sen. Ben. 2, 34, 1; Quint. 5, 10, 105; 5, 10, 117; Dig. 12, 1, 19 sq. et saep.— II. Transf. beyond the circle of business (very freq. in every period and species of composition). A. With the prevailing idea of intended protection, to commit or consign something to one for preservation, protection, etc., to intrust to one, = committo, commendo (cf. concredo): ubi is obiit mortem, qui mihi id aurum credidit, Plaut. Aul. prol. 15 (credere est servandum commendare, Non. p. 275, 9); so, nummum, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 112 (for which id. ib. 4, 2, 115, concredere): alicujus fidei potestatique (with committere), Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9, § 27; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 4, § 14: vitam ac fortunas meas, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 275, 8; cf. Ter. And. 1, 5, 37: militi arma, Liv. 2, 45, 10: se suaque omnia alienissimis, Caes. B. G. 6, 31: se ponto, Ov. M. 14, 222: se perfidis hostibus, Hor. C. 3, 5, 33: se ventis, Quint. 12, prooem. § 2: pennis se caelo, Verg. A. 6, 15; cf. Ov. M. 2, 378: se pugnae, Verg. A. 5, 383 et saep.: crede audacter quid lubet, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 118: facinus magnum timido pectori, id. Ps. 2, 1, 3: illi consilia omnia, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 18: arcanos sensus tibi, Verg. A. 4, 422; cf.: arcana libris, Hor. S. 2, 1, 31: aliquid cerae, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 67.—Poet., with in and acc.: inque novos soles audent se germina tuto Credere, Verg. G. 2, 333.— B. With the prevailing idea of bestowing confidence, to trust to or confide in a person or thing, to have confidence in, to trust. 1. With dat.: virtuti suorum satis credere, Sall. J. 106, 3; cf. id. ib. 72, 2: praesenti fortunae, Liv. 45, 8, 6: consules magis non confidere quam non credere suis militibus, rather mistrusted their intentions than their valor, id. 2, 45, 4: nec jam amplius hastae, Verg. A. 11, 808: ne nimium colori, id. E. 2, 17: bibulis talaribus, Ov. M. 4, 731.—Freq. in eccl. Lat.: Moysi et mihi, Vulg. Johan. 5, 46: verbis meis, id. Luc. 1, 20.— 2. Esp., with in and acc. of pers., to believe in, trust in (eccl. Lat.): hoc est ergo credere in Deum, credendo adhaerere ad bene coöperandum bona operanti Deo, Aug. Enarr. in Psa. 77, 8: qui fidem habet sine spe ac dilectione, Christum esse credit, non in Christum credit, id. Serm. 144, 2: qui credit in Filium habet vitam aeternam, Vulg. Johan. 3, 36 et saep.— C. To trust one in his declarations, assertions, etc., i. e. to give him credence, to believe: injurato, scio, plus credet mihi, quam jurato tibi, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 284 sq.: vin' me istuc tibi, etsi incredibile'st, credere? Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 11: credit jam tibi de isto, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 53: cui omnium rerum ipsus semper credit, in every thing, id. As. 2, 4, 59; cf. id. Truc. 2, 2, 52: diu deliberandum et concoquendum est, utrum potius Chaereae injurato in suā lite, an Manilio et Luscio juratis in alieno judicio credatis, Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 45.— b. Mihi crede, believe me, confide in my words, upon my word, ἐμοὶ πιθοῦ, an expression of confirmation, Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 4; Cic. Cat. 1, 3, 6; id. Mur. 19, 40; 38, 82; id. de Or. 2, 17, 72; id. Off. 3, 19, 75; id. Tusc. 1, 31, 75; 1, 43, 103; id. Fin. 2, 21, 68 et saep.; Hor. S. 1, 7, 35; 2, 6, 93 al.; cf.: mihi credite, Cic. Cat. 2, 7, 15; id. Agr. 3, 4, 16; Liv. 24, 22, 17; Ov. M. 15, 254 al.—In the same sense (but more rare in Cic.): crede mihi, Cic. Att. 6, 6, 1; 14, 15, 2; 11, 6, 1; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 59, § 133; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4; Ov. A. A. 1, 66; id. M. 1, 361; id. Tr. 3, 4, 25: crede igitur mihi, Cic. Fam. 10, 6, 2: credite mihi, Curt. 6, 11, 25.— c. Credor in poets several times equivalent to creditur mihi: certe credemur, ait, si verba sequatur Exitus, Ov. F. 3, 351; so id. Tr. 3, 10, 35: creditus accepit cantatas protinus herbas, etc., id. M. 7, 98; so in part., id. H. 17, 129; cf.: (Cassandra) non umquam credita Teucris, Verg. A. 2, 247.— d. Sibi, to believe one's self, trust one's own convictions, be fully convinced: cum multa dicta sunt sapienter et graviter, tum vel in primis, crede nobis, crede tibi, Plin. Pan. 74: fieri malunt alieni erroris accessio, quam sibi credere, Min. Fel. 24, 2: non satis sibi ipsi credebant, Auct. B. Alex. 6:— 2. With simple reference to the object mentioned or asserted, to believe a thing, hold or admit as true: velim te id quod verum est credere, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 275, 6; cf.: credo et verum est, Afer ap. Quint. 6, 3, 94: me miseram! quid jam credas? aut cur credas? Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 32: quod fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt, Caes. B. G. 3, 18; cf. Quint. 6, 2, 5: audivi ista ... sed numquam sum addictus ut crederem, Cic. Brut. 26, 100: ne quid de se temere crederent, Sall. C. 31, 7: res Difficilis ad credundum, Lucr. 2, 1027; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 28 et saep.—Pass.: res tam scelesta ... credi non potest, Cic. Rosc. Am. 22, 62.—Pass. impers.: in quo scelere, etiam cum multae causae convenisse unum in locum atque inter se congruere videntur, tamen non temere creditur, Cic. Rosc. Am. 22, 62.— b. In gen. = opinor, arbitror, to be of opinion, to think, believe, suppose. α. With acc.: timeo ne aliud credam atque aliud nunties, Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 4: quae deserta et inhospita tesqua credis, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 20: fortem crede bonumque, id. ib. 1, 9, 13: quos gravissimos sapientiae magistros aetas vetus credidit, Quint. 12, 1, 36.—Pass.: potest ... falsum aliquid pro vero credi, Sall. C. 51, 36: origo animi caelestis creditur, Quint. 1, 1, 1; 8, prooem. § 24: Evander venerabilior divinitate creditā Carmentae matris, Liv. 1, 7, 8.— β. With acc. and inf. (so most freq.): jam ego vos novisse credo, ut sit pater meus, Plaut. Am. prol. 104: cum reliquum exercitum subsequi crederet, Caes. B. G. 6, 31: caelo tonantem credidimus Jovem Regnare. Hor. C. 3, 5, 1 et saep.: victos crederes, one would have thought, one might have imagined, Liv. 2, 43, 9; so Curt. 4, 10, 23; cf. Zumpt, Lat. Gr. § 528.—Pass.: navis praeter creditur ire, Lucr. 4, 389: quem (Athin) peperisse Limnate creditur, Ov. M. 5, 49: creditus est optime dixisse, Quint. 3, 1, 11; cf. id. 10, 2, 125 al.—Impers.: credetur abesse ab eo culpam, Quint. 11, 1, 64: neque sine causā creditum est, stilum non minus agere cum delet, id. 10, 4, 1 al.— So in the abl. part. pass. credito, with acc. and inf., Tac. A. 3, 14; 6, 34.— γ. Absol.: credo inserted, like opinor, puto, etc., and the Gr. οἶμαι, as a considerate, polite, or ironical expression of one's opinion, I believe, as I think, I suppose, I dare say, etc.: credo, misericors est, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 144; so placed first, id. Cas. 2, 6, 3; Ter. And. 2, 1, 13; Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 5; id. Sull. 4, 11; Caes. B. C. 3, 70; Sall. C. 52, 13; Liv. 4, 17, 7; Hor. S. 2, 2, 90: Mulciber, credo, arma fecit, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 32; so id. Truc. 2, 5, 27; Caes. B. C. 2, 31; Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 7; id. Tusc. 1, 22, 52; Verg. A. 6, 368 et saep.: aut jam hic aderit, credo hercle, aut jam adest, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 74.
crēdō Copy link Outline I tr.,1 confier en prêt : prêter qqch. (à qqn); sommes prêtées ; paiement ...2 confier : confier à qqn sa personne et ses biens ; ceux ...3 tenir pour vrai qqch., croire qqch. : on croit ce qu'on désire ...4 croire, penser :a) [avec prop. inf.] croyant que le reste de l'année suivait immédiatement ; ...b) [avec deux acc.] : tous ceux qu'il croyait bons pour une révolution ...c) credo formant parenth., je crois, je pense, j'imagine, [souvent ironique] :d) [abl. n. du part. credito avec prop. inf.] la croyance étant que ...II intr.,1 avoir confiance, se fier : avoir confiance en qqn ( jamais aucun ...2 [en part.] ajouter foi, croire : croire qqn qui a prêté serment ... ⓘcrēdit: pres ind act 3rd sg • crēdō, dĭdī, dĭtum, ĕre. I. tr., 1. confier en prêt : aliquid (alicui) Pl. As. 501, prêter qqch. (à qqn); Aul. 15 ; Epid. 549, etc.; Cato Agr. 5, 2 ; Cic. Rab. Post. 4 ; 5 ; pecuniæ creditæ Cic. Off. 2, 78, sommes prêtées ; solutio rerum creditarum Cic. Off. 2, 84, paiement des dettes 2. confier : se suaque omnia alicui Cæs. G. 6, 31, 4, confier à qqn sa personne et ses biens ; quos tuæ fidei populus credidit Cic. Q. 1, 1, 27, ceux que le peuple a confiés à ta protection ; se pugnæ Virg. En. 5, 383, se hasarder à combattre 3. tenir pour vrai qqch., croire qqch. : homines id quod volunt credunt Cæs. G. 3, 18, 6, on croit ce qu'on désire (C. 2, 27, 2 ) ; res tam scelesta credi non potest Cic. Amer. 62, un fait aussi criminel ne peut trouver créance ; re credita Cic. de Or. 1, 175, le fait ayant été tenu pour vrai || [poét.] croire qqn [seult au pass.] : Cassandra non umquam credita Teucris Virg. En. 2, 246, Cassandre que n'ont jamais crue les Troyens ; cf. Ov. H. 16, 129 ; 20, 9 ; M. 7, 98, etc. ; credemur Ov. F. 3, 351, on me croira 4. croire, penser : a) [avec prop. inf.] cum reliquum exercitum subsequi crederet Cæs. G. 6, 31, 1, croyant que le reste de l'année suivait immédiatement ; nostros præsidia deducturos crediderant Cæs. G. 2, 33, 2, ils avaient cru que les nôtres emmèneraient les postes || [pass. imp.] : credendum est Cæs. G. 5, 28, 1 ; creditur, creditum est, etc. Liv. 8, 26, 7 ; 8, 35, 11, etc., on doit croire, on croit, on a cru que || [pass. pers.] : navis præter creditur ire Lucr. 4, 388, on croit que le navire se déplace ; Catilina creditur... fecisse Sall. C. 15, 2, on croit que Catilina a fait... ; mora creditur saluti fuisse Liv. 22, 51, 4, on croit que ce retard fut le salut ; b) [avec deux acc.] : quoscumque novis rebus idoneos credebat Sall. C. 39, 6, tous ceux qu'il croyait bons pour une révolution (J. 75, 10 ) ; Scipionem Hannibal præstantem virum credebat Liv. 21, 39, 8, Hannibal tenait Scipion pour un homme supérieur ; (eos) crederes victos Liv. 2, 43, 9, on les aurait pris pour des vaincus ; qui postulat deus credi Curt. 6, 11, 24, celui qui demande qu'on le croie un dieu (8, 5, 5 ; 8, 5, 15) ; ejus sanguine natus credor Ov. F. 3, 74, on me croit né de son sang ; c) credo formant parenth., je crois, je pense, j'imagine, [souvent ironique] : Cic. Cat. 1, 5 ; Sulla 11 ; Fin. 1, 7 ; Tusc. 1, 52, etc.; d) [abl. n. du part. credito avec prop. inf.] la croyance étant que : Tac. Ann. 3, 14 ; 6, 34. II. intr., 1. avoir confiance, se fier : alicui Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 1, avoir confiance en qqn (Domo 29 ; Att. 3, 20, 1, etc.) ; nemo umquam sapiens proditori credendum putavit Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, jamais aucun homme de bon sens n'a pensé que l'on devait avoir confiance dans un traître ; neque pudentes suspicari oportet sibi parum credi Cæs. C. 2, 31, 4, et les gens qui ont du point d'honneur ne doivent pas soupçonner qu'on n'a guère confiance en eux ; promissis alicujus Cic. Mur. 50, se fier aux promesses de qqn : cf. Sall. J. 106, 3 ; Liv. 45, 8, 6, etc. 2. [en part.] ajouter foi, croire : alicui jurato Cic. Com. 45, croire qqn qui a prêté serment ; testibus Cic. Font. 21, croire les témoins (Br. 134 ; Top. 74 ; Att. 1, 16, 10, etc.) ; id tibi non credidit Cic. Dej. 18, il ne t'a pas cru sur ce point (Ac. 2, 9 ; Att. 2, 22, 2 ; Fam. 2, 16, 3 ; etc.) || recte non credis de numero militum Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2, tu as raison de ne pas ajouter foi au nombre des soldats (Fam. 3, 11, 5) || [en parenth.] mihi crede Cic. Tusc. 1, 103 ; Verr. 2, 4, 28, etc.; mihi credite Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 132, crois-moi, croyez-moi ; qqf. crede mihi : credite hoc mihi Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 133, croyez-moi sur ceci. ➳ subj. prés. arch. : creduam, as, at Pl. Pœn. 747 ; Bacch. 476, etc. ; creduis, it Pl. Amph. 672 ; Capt. 605 ; Truc. 307 || inf. credier Pl. Ps. 631 ; Lucr. 4, 849 || credin = credisne Pl. Capt. 962 ; Pœn. 441.
credo Copy link ⓘcrēdit: pres ind act 3rd sg CREDO, credidi, creditum, ere. [πιστεύω] Est dictis vel factis, vel homini adeo fidem habere. […] 🗁 Page Scan
credit (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Belief, faith1. fĭdēs, ĕi2. auctōrĭtas (stronger than fidesII. Esteem, reputationIII. In a commercial sense • credit (subs.): I. Belief, faith: 1. fĭdēs, ĕi: when less c. was now given to legends, quum jam minor fabulis haberetur f., Cic.: to give c. to evidence, testimonio f. tribuere, Cic.: who also has, f. adjungere in same sense: I have c. with this man, mihi f. apud hunc est (with acc. and inf.), Ter.: it lessens both the authority of the orator and the c. of his speech, imminuit et oratoris auctoritatem et orationis f., Cic. 2. auctōrĭtas (stronger than fides: esp. as attaching to a person's influence or character: v. supr. last ex.): to think that that evidence deserves c., for which no voucher has been found, putare auc. esse in testimonio cujus auctor inventus sit nemo, Cic.: but what c. can be given to that phrenzy which you call divine? quid vero auctoritatis habet furor iste quem divinum vocatis? Cic.: v. authority. II. Esteem, reputation: fāma, existĭmātio, grātia (influence, popularity: q. v.): v. repute, reputation. Phr.: nor do I consider this to your c., neque ego hoc in tua laude pono, Cic.: to say anything to a person's c., in laudem alicujus dicere, Gell.: to give any one greater c. for eloquence, etc., eloquentiae alicui majorem tribuere laudem, etc., Cic.: to mention anybody's name to his c., quem honoris causa nomino (parenthetically), Cic. (but the expression is more respectful than the English): but it was not to your c. so to act, at tu indignus qui faceres (ea), Ter. III. In a commercial sense: fĭdes: to do away with c. (by means of the Licinian rogation), f. abrogare, Liv.: c. fails, f. concidit; aliquem deficit, Cic.: c. was more limited throughout Italy, f. tota Italia erat angustior, Caes.: c. had been banished from the forum, f. de foro sublata fuerat, Cic. to have c., fide stare, Liv.: money borrowed on his own or his friends' c., pecunia sua aut amicorum f. sumpta mutua, Sall. Phr.: to place a balance to a person's c., reliqua rescribere, Cic. Att. 16, 2: whatever your father owes me I will order to be put down to your c., quidquid mihi pater tuus debuit, acceptum tibi fieri jubebo, Plin. Ep. 2, 4, 2: to buy on c., *pecunia haud praesenti emere: cf. Pl. Men. 5, 9, 97: or perh. better, fide sua emere, cf. supr. (in diem emere is to buy with an agreement to pay at a certain date: Nep. Att. 9, 5: comicé, to buy on c. and sell for cash, coecâ die emere oculatâ vendere, Plaut.).
credit (v.) Copy link Outline I. To believeII. To enter upon the c. side of an account; alicui acceptum referre, Cio. cf. CREDIT, subs. (III. fin.). • credit (v.): I. To believe: crēdo; fidem habeo, adjungo: v. to believe. II. To enter upon the c. side of an account; alicui acceptum referre, Cio. cf. credit, subs. (III. fin.).
CREDIT Copy link • CREDIT 1. Belief; the deserving of belief, fides. [☞ A man dat fidem, “promises;” a thing dat fidem,” adds credit;” a man habet fidem,” believes; ’ a thing habet fidem, “is credible,” Copleston.]: auctoritas (arising from the weight of testimony, character, etc.). (The words are found in this connection and order), auctoritas et fides. To give credit to [Vid: To CREDIT]: we must consider what credit is to be attached to his assertion, considerandum est, quanta fides ei habenda sit: anybody’s credit stands very low with anybody, parva alicui est apud aliquem fides; parvam alicui habet aliquis fidem: to be deserving of credit, auctoritatem, or fidem, or auctoritatem et fidem habere (of letters, documents, etc.), dignum esse, cui fides habeatur (of a person): not to deserve credit, indignum esse, cui credatur (of persons); fidem nullam habere (of letters, documents, etc.): the credit of the document is gone, tabulae fides resignatur [Vid. BELIEF, CREDIBILITY. Reputation, auctoritas: gratia (influence, favor): opinio (opinion of a person, whether good or bad): existimatio (good opinion): to support anybody by one’s credit, gratia aliquem juvare: to gain credit, auctoritatem sibi comparare: anybody’s or one’s credit increases, gliscit auctoritas: anybody is losing credit, cadit auctoritas: gratia minuitur: one who injures anybody’s credit, dignitatis et auctoritatis afflictor et perditor: to keep up or preserve one’s credit, gratiam tueri: to be in high credit, magna esse auctoritate; auctoritate florere or vigere: with anybody, gratiosum esse apud aliquem; gratia alicujus florere; gratia multum valere apud aliquem (to be high in his favor). To do credit to, etc.: anything does no credit to anybody, aliquid alicui est dedecori or turpitudini: to do no credit (of a thing), pudori esse: it does me great credit that, etc., summo honori mihi est, quod, etc.: your behavior does you no credit, non te dignum facis (Comically): what does anybody credit, honestus: honorificus: it does us no credit at all, est dedecus nostrum: to do great credit, magnae esse gloriae. In a commercial sense; fides (faith, trust, in general): existimatio (opinion entertained of a man’s solvency, honesty, etc). Public credit, populi fides, or fides only: anybody’s credit does not stand so high as it did, fides cecidit, concidit: anybody’s credit has begun to fail, fides aliquem deficere coepit: public credit has received a blow in every part of Italy, fides tota Italia angustior est: public credit is gone, fides de foro sublata est: to endeavor to injure anybody’s credit, fidem alicujus moliri: to ruin a person’s credit, fiduciam arcae conturbare: to take away one’s credit, fidem tollere: to re-establish one’s credit, fidem revocare: to maintain one’s credit, existimationem tueri: to uphold the public credit, fidem populi retinere: to raise one’s credit, ad fidem aliquid acquirere: for my own part, both my money and my credit is gone, ego non rem familiarem modo, sed etiam fidem consumpsi (Pomp., ap. Sall., Frag.): to assist anybody with one’s credit, fide sustentare aliquem (Cic.): to borrow money on anybody’s credit, pecuniam alicujus fide mutuam sumere: one’s credit remaining good, fide incolumi: to let anybody have anything on credit, credere alicui aliquid: to sell on credit, vendere in diem (if the day for payment is fixed); vendere pecunia non praesenti (general term for selling without ready money, after Plaut., Men., 5, 9, 97): to buy on credit, emere in diem (see the remark above, as to in diem); emere pecunia non praesenti (in general): a letter of credit (perhaps), diploma, neuter: the credit-side of an account, acceptum: to set down or place to anybody’s credit, in acceptum referre alicui (Cic., Verr., 1, 36, 37). 2. v. To believe, alicui rei or alicui credere (of a thing), aliquid credere (= to believe it true; the accusative being a neuter pronoun, id, quid, etc. e.g., quid jam credas, aut cui credas, Terentianus): aliquid esse credere (to believe anything to be true, or the case, opposed to negare aliquid esse); alicui or alicui rei fidem habere, tribuere; alicui rei fidem adjungere [SYN. in BELIEVE; ☞ not fidem dare or adhibere]: to credit anything without examination, or [as is often incorrectly said] implicitly, alicui rei servire (e.g., incertis rumoribus, Caes.): to cause anything to be credited, alicui rei fidem facere, afferre or addere: anything cannot be credited, aliquid excedit fidem (Curt.); abhorret a fide (Liv.). To credit anything on anybody’s authority, credo tibi de istis (Plaut.); or by aliquo auctore: to deserve, or not to deserve to be credited; Vid: “to deserve (or) not to deserve credit,” in CREDIT. [Vid: To BELIEVE.] In a mercantile sense: to credit anybody with a sum, in acceptum referre alicui.