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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