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[ en-truhst ] / ɛnˈtrʌst / SEE SYNONYMS FOR entrust ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object)to charge or invest with a trust or responsibility; charge with a specified office or duty involving trust: We entrusted him with our lives. to commit (something) in trust to; confide, as for care, use, or performance: to entrust a secret, money, powers, or work to another. Sometimes in·trust [in-truhst] /ɪnˈtrʌst/ . Origin of entrustFirst recorded in 1595–1605; en-1 + trust OTHER WORDS FROM entrusten·trust·ment, nounWords nearby entrustentrepreneur, entresol, entropion, entropion uveae, entropy, entrust, entry, entry blank, entryism, entry-level, entryway Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for entrustJohn will not be around much longer and so he must entrust the child to their safe-keeping. If The Peace Talks Were A Movie|Matthew Kalman|December 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST The IOC members must possess tremendous faith to entrust the Games to Sochi in the face of such obstacles! Boycott Putin, Not the Sochi Olympics|Garry Kasparov|August 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST So, no, I would not entrust my money to them, because it is clear that they do not feel any fiduciary responsibility to me. Poll Results: Our Readers Won't be Goldman Clients|Noah Kristula-Green|March 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST How can you entrust the development of a country like Afghanistan to a dysfunctional organization like USAID? 'The Ball Is in His Court'|Reza Aslan|December 14, 2009|DAILY BEAST
They used to entrust letters and valuable packages to the drivers of stage-coaches or to the captains of coasting-vessels. The Modern Railroad|Edward Hungerford If you resist, cher monsieur, it will be of painful duty that I entrust the contents of this revolver into—mais non! The Inn at the Red Oak|Latta Griswold In our world, it would never occur to a mother to entrust a daughter of sixteen to a man of twenty-eight! The Devil's Pool|George Sand And by a second gift this lapse was repaired after all, but I took care not to entrust the matter directly to him. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie|Andrew Carnegie I should not care to entrust my daughter or sister to the keeping of a man with my unsavory reputation. Nat Goodwin's Book|Nat C. Goodwin
British Dictionary definitions for entrust
verb (tr)(usually foll by with) to invest or charge (with a duty, responsibility, etc) (often foll by to) to put into the care or protection of someone Derived forms of entrustentrustment or intrustment, nounusage for entrustIt is usually considered incorrect to talk about entrusting someone to do something: the army cannot be trusted (not entrusted) to carry out orders Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to entrustauthorize, hand over, relegate, invest, impose, confer, commend, turn over, allocate, confide, commit, trust, assign, count, rely, depend, reckon, deliver, consign, charge |