单词 | entrusted |
释义 | entrustedadj. 1. That has been entrusted to a person or organization. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective] > entrusted to another's care or keeping reposed?1569 committed1585 entrusteda1586 consigned1609 concredita1614 betrusted1691 concredited1802 confided1841 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. sig. Gg2v The generall rule, that entrusted secreacies are holilie to be obserued. 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xxx. 68 To appropriate that which is in their intrusted ship. 1661 J. Howell Divers Historicall Disc. 351 That entrusted power by length of time grew as it were habitual in him, and could never after be re-assumed and taken from him. 1700 J. Dryden Char. Good Parson in Fables 533 Intrusted Riches, to relieve the Poor. 1746 P. Francis tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles i. xviii. 122 Ears, that unfold to every Tale, Intrusted Secrets ill conceal. 1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 38 Then wherefore sully the entrusted gem Of high and noble life with thoughts so sick? 1886 J. G. Vale Minty & Cavalry ii. 8 These men..betrayed in one fell sweep their own honor, their entrusted stations, their confiding subalterns and dependent men. 1915 J. T. Young New Amer. Govt. & its Work (1916) vi. 129 If Congress could fix the general principle and entrust its execution to the Commission, the Commission could very properly carry out this entrusted duty. 1960 Jewish Q. Rev. 51 82 The sacrament is being fulfilled by educating the entrusted children as Catholics. 2015 Edge (Malaysia) (Nexis) 28 Dec. It is now very common for individuals to mismanage entrusted funds and walk away without even a slap on the wrist. 2. Of a person or organization: that has been entrusted with something; trusted. ΚΠ 1613 W. Pemberton Godly Merchant 5 The intent of Saint Paul that experienced Merchant..is to perswade Timotheus, a much intrusted factor, and all others that trade in this kinde. 1643 Declar. Lords & Common Militia London 13 Apr. 3 Such entrusted persons as they shall appoint. 1798 J. Baillie De Monfort ii. ii, in Series of Plays I. 336 Thy true intrusted friend I still shall be. 1858 Belfast News-let. 16 Feb. The Sepoys, who knew nothing but what entrusted persons allowed them to know. 1922 Columbia Law Rev. 22 412 In a common law trust the title is in the entrusting party—the bailor. In an equitable trust, title is in the entrusted party—the trustee. 1977 Jrnl. Advertising 6 32/1 Is the ‘public interest’ to be based on expectations and perceptions of the entrusted organization, in this instance the FTC [= Federal Trade Commission], or on the public themselves? 1991 J. K. Matthews et al. in M. Q. Patton Family Sexual Abuse xiii. 210 These women reported being sexually abused at very early ages by more than one family member or entrusted caretakers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1586 |
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