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Grammar : Verb

Spell : en-truhst

Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈtrʌst

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Définition of entrust

Origin : c.1600, from en- (1) "make, put in" + trust (v.). Related: Entrusted; entrusting.

verb give custody, authority to

Example sentences :

Have you no secret you could entrust to me, with hope and comfort, if you would!'
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

And to men like him, I said, when perfected by years and education, and to these only you will entrust the State.
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

And do they entrust their property to him rather than to you?
Extract from : « Lysis » by Plato

To entrust them with large powers is the very acme of wild insanity.
Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

I asked him if his impression was that his wife meant to entrust him with a letter for her brother?
Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad

Entrust me with the despatch, and I promise you the negotiation will be completed then and there.
Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever

But he had not the slightest wish to entrust himself to Tengga's friendliness.
Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad

Did we urge him to quit the camp or entrust his life to the winds?
Extract from : « The Aeneid of Virgil » by Virgil

"Then we entrust the affair to you, Ivan," said His Excellency.
Extract from : « The Minister of Evil » by William Le Queux

Fate is not wont to entrust such a struggle to a child's hands.
Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai

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