intrust

[in-truhst]

verb (used with object)

intrusted, intrusting 

1. a less common variant of entrust.

intrust

/ ɪnˈtrʌst /

verb

1. a less common spelling of entrust

Other Word Forms

• intrustment noun

Example Sentences

She had dropped into familiarity of speech with him, but he, still hopeful of persuading her to intrust a profitable r�clame to him, continued to treat her formally.

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She, being unable to walk, had been left behind by the carelessness or haste of Rassam, to whom the business had been intrusted by Theodore.

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For the suppression of this effective method of missionary work the Inquisition was intrusted with a censorship of literature, to which further reference will be made hereafter.

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Bill Tice had done the errand which Mr. Grizzle intrusted to him.

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Thus intrusted with responsibility for the fate of mankind, it was necessary that the Church should possess the powers and the machinery requisite for the due discharge of a trust so unspeakably important.

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Related Words

• allocate 
• charge 
• engage 
• give 
• hold 
• invest 
• offer 
• promise 
• send