Verb: entrust in'trúst or en'trúst
- Put into the care or protection of someone
"He entrusted the decision to his deputy";
- leave
- Confer a trust upon
"The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret";
- intrust [archaic], trust, confide, commit
Derived forms: entrusting, entrusted, entrusts
Type of: give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over
Encyclopedia: Entrust