Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To give over (something) to another for care, protection, or performance.
  • transitive verb To give as a trust to (someone).

from The Century Dictionary.

  • See intrust.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb See intrust.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To trust to the care of.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb confer a trust upon
  • verb put into the care or protection of someone

Etymologies

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en- +‎ trust

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Examples

  • Yet that is precisely what the world will be doing if we once again entrust funds to Hamas terrorists and their Iranian puppet masters.

    Opinion: The Jews Face a Double Standard 2009

  • Washington could prepare a “victory dispatch” in the loftiest use of the term and entrust the delivery of the paper to a staff officer he wished particularly to honor.

    Washington Richard Harwell 1968

  • Washington could prepare a “victory dispatch” in the loftiest use of the term and entrust the delivery of the paper to a staff officer he wished particularly to honor.

    Washington Richard Harwell 1968

  • Washington could prepare a “victory dispatch” in the loftiest use of the term and entrust the delivery of the paper to a staff officer he wished particularly to honor.

    Washington Richard Harwell 1968

  • Washington could prepare a “victory dispatch” in the loftiest use of the term and entrust the delivery of the paper to a staff officer he wished particularly to honor.

    Washington Richard Harwell 1968

  • It was noted that Dr. Robert Winterode decided to "entrust" the patients with axes and tools to complete the construction.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • They want to "entrust" volunteer groups of residents to operate and manage the cameras?

    debito.org 2009

  • Lash bars are popping up all over, but I entrust my own lashes and brows to Daxita at Atherton Cox in London, who tailors designs to the client's face and eye shape, and whom I believe to be some sort of genius she also does Sophie Dahl and Mary Portas.

    Beauty: Eyelash extensions | Sali Hughes 2011

  • We are being asked to entrust our retirement security to the very people who created the Great Recession.

    Gregory Floyd: Defending Pensions From a Surprise Attack Gregory Floyd 2011

  • We are being asked to entrust our retirement security to the very people who created the Great Recession.

    Gregory Floyd: Defending Pensions From a Surprise Attack Gregory Floyd 2011

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