entrust

[ en-truhst ]

verb (used with object)

1. to charge or invest with a trust or responsibility; charge with a specified office or duty involving trust:

   We entrusted him with our lives.

2. to commit (something) in trust to; confide, as for care, use, or performance:

   to entrust a secret, money, powers, or work to another.

entrust

/ ɪnˈtrʌst /

verb

1. usually foll by with to invest or charge (with a duty, responsibility, etc)
2. often foll by to to put into the care or protection of someone

Usage

It is usually considered incorrect to talk about entrusting someone to do something: the army cannot be trusted (not entrusted ) to carry out orders

Derived Forms

• enˈtrustment, noun

Other Words From

• en·trustment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of entrust¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; en- ¹ + trust

Example Sentences

Dismissing him only four weeks into the season remains a hasty and bewildering decision - but to then entrust the squad of players to Juric, a man with an entirely different playing philosophy, emphasised the lack of forward planning.

From BBC

It offends many senators’ sensibilities, and it’s a political misread from a guy who’s asking colleagues to entrust their fates in his political instincts.

From Slate

“They threaten those who speak against them with death. We cannot entrust our country and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant.”

From Salon

The 2010s saw a Silicon Valley hype cycle for cloud-computing capacity, with Google, Verizon, and Microsoft following Amazon Web Services’ lead in establishing custom, hardware-intensive data-storage systems and inviting established companies, novel startups, government departments, and ordinary users to entrust them with their data—sometimes for free but, in many premium cases, for hefty fees.

From Slate

If McVay and Shula entrust him with signal-calling responsibilities, Reeder said he would be prepared.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• allocate
• assign
• authorize
• commend
• commit
• confer
• confide
• hand over
• impose
• invest
• relegate
• trust
• turn over