INTRUST

entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit

(verb) confer a trust upon; “The messenger was entrusted with the general’s secret”; “I commit my soul to God”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

intrust (third-person singular simple present intrusts, present participle intrusting, simple past and past participle intrusted)

Alternative form of entrust

Anagrams

• trustin'

Source: Wiktionary


In*trust", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intrusted, p. pr. & vb. n. Intrusting.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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