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en·trust

   [en-truhst]
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.
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Also, intrust.

Origin:
1595–1605; en-1 + trust

Related forms
en·trust·ment, noun
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entrust
c.1600, from en- "make, put in" + trust (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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