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–verb (used with object)

1.	to charge or invest with a trust or responsibility; charge with a specified office or duty involving trust: We entrusted him with our lives.

2.	to commit (something) in trust to; confide, as for care, use, or performance: to entrust a secret, money, powers, or work to another.

Also, intrust.

[Origin: 1595–1605; en-¹ + trust

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—Related forms

en·trust·ment, noun

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tr.v. en·trust·ed also in·trust·ed, en·trust·ing also in·trust·ing, en·trusts also in·trusts

To give over (something) to another for care, protection, or performance: "He still has the aura of the priest to whom you would entrust your darkest secrets" (James Carroll).
To give as a trust to (someone): entrusted his aides with the task. See Synonyms at commit.

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entrust

1602, from en- "make, put in" + trust (v.).

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entrust
verb
1.	confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
2.	put into the care or protection of someone; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care"

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entrust [inˈtrast] verb

to give into the care of another; to trust (somebody with something)
Example: I entrusted this secret to her; I entrusted her with the duty of locking up.

Arabic:	يَعْهَدُ إلى، يَفي، يُكَلِّف
Chinese (Simplified):	委托
Chinese (Traditional):	委託
Czech:	svěřit; pověřit
Danish:	betro; overlade ansvaret for
Dutch:	toevertrouwen
Estonian:	(kellelegi) usaldama
Finnish:	uskoa
French:	confier à qqn
German:	anvertrauen
Greek:	εμπιστεύομαι κτ. σε κπ.
Hungarian:	megbíz
Icelandic:	trúa (e-m) fyrir
Indonesian:	mempercayakan
Italian:	affidare

Japanese:	ゆだねる
Korean:	위임하다
Latvian:	uzticēt
Lithuanian:	patikėti
Norwegian:	betro
Polish:	powierzać
Portuguese (Brazil):	confiar
Portuguese (Portugal):	confiar
Romanian:	a încredinţa
Russian:	вверять
Slovak:	zveriť; poveriť
Slovenian:	zaupati
Spanish:	confiar
Swedish:	anförtro
Turkish:	emanet etmek