en·trust
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| 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. |
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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
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entrust
1602, from en- "make, put in" + trust (v.).
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
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| 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" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
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.
Example: I entrusted this secret to her; I entrusted her with the duty of locking up.
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Entrust
En*trust"\, v. t. See Intrust.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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