单词 | under trust |
释义 | > as lemmasunder trust a. The state or condition of having something committed to one's care or safekeeping, or of having confidence or faith placed in one; guardianship. In early use often in under trust, in trust: in the state or condition of being entrusted with something. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > entrusting to another's care or keeping > condition of being entrusted with something trustc1449 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 398 Tho that ben feffid in othere mennys londis iointli oonli, or ioyntli and deviseli vndir expressid trust, that thei do sum what therwith. 1460 W. Worcester in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 204 Ye knowe wele how that my maister man-seruauntes were put in gretter truste. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward V f. xj I dare putte no persone earthely in truste with his kepyng, but my selfe onely. 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Socrates Scholasticus i. xxvi, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 252 He putteth the Priest..in trust with his testament. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Thess. ii. 4 As we were allowed of God to bee put in trust with the Gospel. View more context for this quotation 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth ii. 37 Such letters I should neuer haue committed to Barkers trust. 1747 London Mag. Feb. 83/2 No one discharges the weighty Affairs committed to his Trust with more Punctuality or Ability. 1799 Missionary Voy. S. Pacific Ocean App. 318 On his accession, Oāmmo..left his wife..in trust with the reins of government for her son. 1808 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius II. xxi. 769 A devisee or executor in trust, who has acted, may be examined as a witness in support of the will. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor iii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 59 The celebrated case of Sir Coolie Condiddle of Condiddle, who was tried for theft under trust. 1878 S. R. Ford Ernest Quest i. 18 The mother of eight children, immortal souls committed to her trust. 1916 Times of India 4 Apr. 8/5 The charge of that Department is now committed to the trust of my friend Sjr Sankaran Nair. 2000 M. Munn School of Hist. vii. 178 Vast sums of public money had been committed to his trust. under trust under trust adv. in a state of supposed safety. Obsolete exc. archaic.extracted from underprep.< as lemmas |
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