Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To intrust; commit to another in confidence of fidelity.
- To confide in.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To trust or intrust.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
trust ; placeconfidence in (a person). - verb transitive To
entrust . - noun An
entrusting ; atrust .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Therefore, though now you know your soul is lodged in flesh, and within a little while this mortal frame must drop in pieces and fall into the dust, yet never be solicitous what he will do with your soul, or what will become of it after all: you do betrust, you have committed it to him, who is the most absolutely perfect God, and the most absolutely perfect Being.
The Whole Works of the Rev. John Howe, M.A. with a Memoir of the Author. Vol. VI. 1630-1705 1822
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When we sail, we seem to betrust ourselves to the Lord and the sea; but the truth is, often we trust more to the strong ship, than to the sea or the Lord.
The Tryal & Triumph of Faith: or An Exposition of the History of Christs dispossessing of the daughter of the woman of Canaan. 1600-1661 1645
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The good man is liastning to his journey's end, * & telles me sincerely he hath none to betrust the worke with after his death but myselfe.
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