| VERB | possession | entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit | confer a trust upon |
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| possession | entrust, leave | put into the care or protection of someone |
| Sounds | ehntrah'st | |
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| Rhymes | abolitionist ... zoologist: 193 rhymes with ahst... | |
| Meaning | confer a trust upon. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Model | They entrust him to write the letter | |
| Example | "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret" | |
| Synonyms | intrust, trust, confide, commit | |
| Narrower | commend | Give to in charge |
| consign, charge | Give over to another for care or safekeeping | |
| obligate | commit in order to fulfill an obligation | |
| recommit | commit again | |
| Broader | pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give | place into the hands or custody of |
| Spanish | confiar, encargar | |
| Catalan | confiar | |
| Meaning | put into the care or protection of someone. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Model | They entrust the money to them; They entrust them the money | |
| Synonym | leave | |
| Broader | pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give | place into the hands or custody of |
| Spanish | confiar, dejar, entregar | |
| Catalan | confiar, deixar, lliurar | |
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