1
[ verb ] To confer a trust upon

Examples

"The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret" "I commit my soul to God"

Used in print

(Mr. America, 4:6...)

And they could n't have entrusted Henri to better hands because `` le_professeur '' knows his muscles from the sterno-cleido_mastoideus of the neck right down to the tibialis_anticus of the leg - and better still , he knows just what exercises work best for them and what Weider principles to combine them with for fast , fast muscle growth .

(J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)

He is a trustee for the common good , however feeble the safeguards which the positive or municipal law of property provides against his misuse of that share of the common fund , wisely or unwisely , entrusted to his keeping .

2
[ verb ] put into the care or protection of someone

Synonyms

leave

Examples

"He left the decision to his deputy" "leave your child the nurse's care"

Related terms

pass

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