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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb entrust has 2 senses
- entrust(v = verb.possession) commit, confide, intrust, trust - confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God" is one way to give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over
- entrust(v = verb.possession) leave - put into the care or protection of someone; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care" is one way to give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over
Sample sentence:
They entrust him to write the letter
Sample sentences:
They entrust the money to them
They entrust them the money
OXFORD DICTIONARY
entrust, v.tr. (also intrust)
1 (foll. by to) give responsibility for (a person or a thing) to a person in whom one has confidence.
2 (foll. by with) assign responsibility for a thing to (a person).
1 (foll. by to) give responsibility for (a person or a thing) to a person in whom one has confidence.
2 (foll. by with) assign responsibility for a thing to (a person).
Derivative
entrustment n.
THESAURUS
entrust
accredit, allocate, allot, assign, authorize, carry, charge, charter, commend, commission, commit, confer, confide, consign, delegate, depute, deputize, detach, detail, devolute, devolve, devolve upon, empower, enfeoff, extend credit, give credit, give in charge, give in trust, give tick, hand, impose, infeudate, license, mission, post, relegate, remand, remit, sell on credit, send out, transfer, trust, warrantROGET THESAURUS
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Commission
VB commission, delegate, depute, consign, assign, charge, intrust, entrust, commit, commit to the hands of, authorize, put in commission, accredit, engage, hire, bespeak, appoint, name, nominate, return, ordain, install, induct, inaugurate, swear in, invest, crown, enroll, enlist, give power of attorney to, employ, empower, set over, place over, send out, be commissioned, be accredited, represent, stand for, stand in the stead of, stand in the place of, stand in the shoes of.
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