Entrust (Verb)
Meaning 1
Put into the care or protection of someone; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child in the nurse's care".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The documents were entrusted to the lawyer for safekeeping while the client was overseas.
- The teacher asked the head boy to entrust the new student with showing the class schedule and finding his way around school.
- She entrusted her broker with making the investment decisions for her retirement fund.
- He left his ailing mother in the care of a nurse while he went to run some errands.
- The company's founder entrusted his loyal employees to oversee the daily operations after he stepped down from the position.
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Meaning 2
Confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The company will entrust a team of expert engineers with the responsibility of designing the new bridge.
- She entrusted her will to her lawyer, instructing him to read it after her death.
- As the head of the family, he felt it necessary to entrust his younger brother with the care of their ailing mother.
- The investors entrusted a management firm with the task of overseeing their portfolio.
- I entrust my children to their teacher while I am at work, knowing they are in good hands.