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Definition of Entrust
1. Verb. Confer a trust upon. "They entrust him to write the letter"; "I commit my soul to God"
Specialized synonyms: Commend, Charge, Consign, Recommit, Obligate
Generic synonyms: Give, Hand, Pass, Pass On, Reach, Turn Over
Derivative terms: Committee, Confidence, Trust, Trust, Trustee, Trustee
2. Verb. Put into the care or protection of someone. "They entrust them the money"; "Leave your child the nurse's care"
Definition of Entrust
1. v. t. See Intrust.
Definition of Entrust
1. Verb. To trust to the care of. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Entrust
1. to give over for safekeeping [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Entrust
Literary usage of Entrust
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1909)
"... and to them alone, that you will entrust the State ?“ III. Thereupon Adeimantus
interposed and said: “Indeed, Socrates, no one can gainsay all these ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"1. deliver, consign, intrust or entrust, trust, confide, commend, recommend,
refer (rare); spec, resign, transfer, recommit, leave. Antonyms: see WITHDRAW. ..."
3. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington, Jared Sparks (1835)
"I have reasons for giving you this caution, but cannot entrust them to paper.
I am, &,c. ... entrust ..."
4. A concise Anglo-Saxon dictionary for the use of students by John R. Clark Hall (1916)
"... MkL,LkL : entrust ... (ea) to commend, entrust, commit, miserly, CP. LkL.
testing f. keeping in trust, ..."
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