entrust

verbattested in dialogue

//ɪnˈtɹʌst//

To trust to the care of.

verb

1
To trust to the care of.
Can I entrust you with a secret?
He entrusted me his daughter.
He entrusts that task to her.
The study of the main body of Hittite texts was intrusted^([sic]) to the Austrian scholar Hrozny, who in 1915 published a preliminary account of his results[…]

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English trust English entrust From en- + trust.

Forms

past tense: entrusted
past participle: entrusted
present participle: entrusting
third person singular: entrusts

entourage · A retinue of attendants, associates or followers.entrance · The action of entering, or going in.entrepreneur · A person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns…

entrust · To trust to the care of.

entry · The act of entering.envelope · A paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose small, flat…envious · Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence…

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.