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entrust, intrust, v.|ɛn-, ɪnˈtrʌst|
[f. en-1 + trust n.
The form intrust, though preferred in many recent Dicts., is now rare in actual use.]
1. trans. To invest with a trust; to confide a task, an object of care to (a person, etc.); to commission or employ in a manner implying confidence.
a. Const. to with inf., † for (a purpose), in (a business); also simply. Obs. or arch. exc. in Law.
α1602Carew Cornwall 82 b, They.. were wont to be entrusted, for the Subsidiary Cohort, or band of supply. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xi. 130 The Griffin..doth..well make out the properties of a Guardian, or any person entrusted. 1665G. Havers P. della Valle's Trav. E. India 31 The last Advertisements..argue that the King still entrusts him. 1666Pepys Diary (1879) IV. 108 The report we received from those entrusted in the fleete to inform us. 1691in W. Perry Hist. Coll. Amer. Col. Ch. (1860) I. v a. 4 The Archbishop of Canterbury..was wholly entrusted by the King and Court for all Ecclesiastical affairs. 1759Robertson Hist. Scot. I. ii. 112 The clergy were entrusted because they alone were properly qualified for the trust. 1836J. Grant Random Recoll. Ho. Lords xiii. 290 Earl Grey..entrusted his son-in-law in the execution of so important a task. 1885Law Rep. Q. Bench Div. XIV. 202 The Attorney General only..was entrusted by the constitution to sue for the King.
β1649Milton Eikon. Wks. 1738 I. 387 The Governor besought humbly to be excus'd, till he could send notice to the Parlament who had intrusted him. a1674Clarendon Hist. Reb. (1704) III. xii. 254 Sr Benjamin Wright; who was intrusted by them to sollicite at Madrid for their Pass.
b. Const. with (the charge or duty confided).
α1651Hobbes Leviath. ii. xx. 105 Monarchs, or Assemblies, entrusted with power. 1688Shadwell Sqr. Alsatia v. Wks. (1720) 103 Who are the ladies you have entrusted me with, Ned? 1748Anson's Voy. i. iii. 26 A carpenter, whom he entrusted with a large sum of money. 1848Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 203 The other was entrusted with all the mysteries of Tory diplomacy. 1879M. Arnold Porro unum, &c. in Mixed Ess. 160 New..universities..ought not to be entrusted with power to confer degrees.
β1672Wilkins Nat. Relig. ii. viii. (R.), They..are careful to improve the talents they are intrusted withall. 1741Richardson Pamela II. 165 Mrs. Jewkes, I am going to intrust you with a Secret. 1848Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 541 He..was so little disposed to intrust them with political power that he thought them unfit even to enjoy personal freedom.
2. To confide the care or disposal of (a thing or person), the execution of (a task) to, † with a person. Also, to trust, commit the safety of (oneself, one's property, etc.) to a thing.
α1618Bolton Florus ii. vi. 106 Entrusting a part of their Army to Appius Consull. 1655–60Stanley Hist. Philos. (1701) 75/2 His Father dying, left him..fourscore Minæ, which being entrusted with a Friend for Improvement, they miscarried. 1722De Foe Col. Jack (1840) 31 An errand of too much consequence to be entrusted to a boy. 1792Anecd. W. Pitt I. xvii. 281 The Defence of the island was entrusted to a constitutional and well-disciplined militia. 1818Byron Ch. Har. iv. clxx, How we did entrust Futurity to her! 1868Milman St. Paul's iii. 72 The temporalities of the see were entrusted to the Dean and Chapter. Mod. I should not like to entrust my safety to such a boat as that.
β1601R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 155 To intrust so great a power to noblemen. 1715Addr. in Lond. Gaz. No. 5332/1 The Business of the Commission intrusted with us. 1805Wordsw. Prelude v. 427 When I was first intrusted to the care Of that sweet Valley. 1855Prescott Philip II, I. ii. ii. 160 A suitable person to whom the reins of government might be intrusted. 1875Stubbs Const. Hist. II. xiv. 6 The Tower was intrusted to the archbishop.
Hence enˈtrusted ppl. a. enˈtrusting vbl. n.
1642Declar. Lords & Com., Ordinance Lond. 13 Apr. 3 Such entrusted persons as they shall appoint. 1660Milton Free Commw. 451 Having..many Commonwealths under one united and entrusted Sov'ranty. a1700Dryden Charac. Good Parson Wks. 1821 XI. 397 Intrusted riches to relieve the poor. 1818Keats Endym. i. 758 Then wherefore sully the entrusted gem Of high and noble life with thoughts so sick? 1851G. S. Faber Many Mansions 309 The seat of the Fallen Hierarch's Entrusted Dominion. 1884Ruskin in Pall Mall G. 20 Sept. 4/2 After twelve hundred years' entrusting of the Gospel to them [the clergy]. |