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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Examples
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Yet that is precisely what the world will be doing if we once again entrust funds to Hamas terrorists and their Iranian puppet masters.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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It was noted that Dr. Robert Winterode decided to "entrust" the patients with axes and tools to complete the construction.
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They want to "entrust" volunteer groups of residents to operate and manage the cameras?
debito.org 2009
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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.
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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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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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