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entrust

To entrust is to give someone a responsibility you assume she will fulfill. If you entrust someone with the task of getting you to school on time, make sure she’s punctual.

To entrust is to let someone take care of something for you because you believe she will protect it. It could be a duty or a thing — you might entrust a nursing home with the care of your parents or entrust an accountant with your finances. Entrust is a verb that needs an object, so you always entrust with or to something. If a friend entrusts you with a secret, she trusts you not to tell.

DEFINITIONS OF: entrust

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v put into the care or protection of someone

Synonyms:
leave
Type of:
give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over
place into the hands or custody of

v confer a trust upon

“The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret”
Synonyms:
commit, confide, intrust, trust
Types:
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commend
give to in charge
charge, consign
give over to another for care or safekeeping
recommit
commit again
obligate
commit in order to fulfill an obligation
pledge
give as a guarantee
hock, pawn, soak
leave as a guarantee in return for money
check
hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping
check
consign for shipment on a vehicle
Type of:
give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over
place into the hands or custody of
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