Entrust

//ɪnˈtɹʌst// verb

verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To trust to the care of. transitive

    "Can I entrust you with a secret?"

  2. 2
    confer a trust upon wordnet
  3. 3
    put into the care or protection of someone wordnet

Example

More examples

"But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man."

Etymology

From en- + trust.

Related phrases

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