intrust
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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What you told me about Jeths intrust made good readin.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
But this gave her a claim on him, and she knew he would not trifle with any commission she should intrust to him.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles
He doesn't return from New York until six o'clock this evening, and the paper is far too valuable to intrust to the mails or to an underling.
From On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents by Taft, William Nelson
But he took care not to intrust his gift to the concierge, for if he did he knew that his servant would certainly be told of it.
From Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 by Kock, Charles Paul de
If it is not deemed best to intrust me with the command even of my own army, I simply ask to be permitted to share their fate on the field of battle.”
From Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields by Edmonds, S. Emma E.
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