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in⋅trust

  [in-truhst]
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–verb (used with object)
entrust.

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.
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.
in·trust   (ĭn-trŭst')   
v.  Variant of entrust.
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Intrust

In*trust"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intrusted, p. pr. & vb. n. Intrusting.] To deliver (something) to another in trust; to deliver to (another) something in trust; to commit or surrender (something) to another with a certain confidence regarding his care, use, or disposal of it; as, to intrust a servant with one's money or intrust money or goods to a servant.

Syn: To commit; consign; confide. See Commit.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Main Entry: intrust
variant of ENTRUST
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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