- a variation of entrust.
intrust
Americanverb (used with object)
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What you told me about Jeths intrust made good readin.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
Early in the morning the king called his eldest son to him and said, “If a man to whom I intrust my honour and my life prove faithless, how should he be punished?”
From Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day
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 William Nelson Taft
To commend or intrust to; to commit to.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
To give in trust; to commit; to intrust.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
As John Marshall was later to say of this new Constitution, “The sword and the purse, all the external relations, and no inconsiderable portion of the industry of the nation are intrusted to its Government.”
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2012
It is true that government affairs are now intrusted to others who always had misgivings concerning the old acquisitive ideas.
From Time Magazine Archive
Three men, namely M. Kaganovitch, known as Stalin's right hand, Jarovski, and Enukidze, secretary of the central executive committee, were intrusted with carrying out this scheme.
From Time Magazine Archive
Recently Hearst Sr. intrusted Hearst Jr. with a long-distance errand.
From Time Magazine Archive
His daughter, Miss De Vaux, and the care of the splendid fortune which she inherited from her mother, were intrusted to his sister, Mrs. Falkland, to Mrs. Falkland's husband, and to a distant relation.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
Your gallant record justifies us in intrusting the papers to your care.
From Guy in the Jungle A Boy's Adventure in the Wilds of Africa by William Murray Graydon
The sea brings out the real character of every man; and those who journey over its "deep invisible paths" find themselves intrusting their most sacred confidences to the keeping of comparative strangers.
From My Unknown Chum by Charles Bullard Fairbanks
When the understanding fully masters a thing before intrusting it to the memory, what it afterward draws therefrom is in reality its own.
From Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts by Jules Steeg
He might have accepted the suggestion of the captain of a French frigate then at the Ile d'Aix, who begged Napoleon to take the chance of intrusting himself to him.
From Napoleon's Young Neighbor by Helen Leah Reed
The point at issue is whether Johanna feels sufficient affection and esteem for you to allow of her intrusting to you her future, and to this question you must ask the answer yourself.
From A Noble Name or D?nninghausen by Claire Von Gl?mer
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