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en⋅trust

  [en-truhst]
Use entrusted in a Sentence
–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

Related forms:
en⋅trust⋅ment, noun
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en·trust   (ěn-trŭst')   
tr.v.   en·trust·ed also in·trust·ed, en·trust·ing also in·trust·ing, en·trusts also in·trusts
  1. 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).
  2. To give as a trust to (someone): entrusted his aides with the task. See Synonyms at commit.
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