uncredit

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ credit.

Verb

uncredit (third-person singular simple present uncredits, present participle uncrediting, simple past and past participle uncredited)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to be disbelieved; to discredit.
   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):

     Then was it Kilvert's design to uncredit the testimony of Pregion

2. (transitive) To deduct the amount of payment that was previously credited to an account.
   • 1972, Harold Glenn Moulton, Constantine Edward McGuire, Germany's Capacity to Pay: A Study of the Reparation Problem:

     But, unfortunately, if the promises to pay are not fulfilled, the Reparation Commission will later have to uncredit Germany's account.

Related terms

• uncredit card

Anagrams

• reinduct, untriced, undirect