intrust
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What you told me about Jeths intrust made good readin.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
Reluctantly, Manlio felt that he could not do better than to intrust the care of his dear ones to this generous youth.
From Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century by Giuseppe Garibaldi
Will she intrust her happiness to my keeping, and change the darkest shadow that ever lowered over my life into a gleam of unspeakable brightness?
From Barrington Volume II (of II) by Charles James Lever
To give in trust; to commit; to intrust.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
He asked them to care for his violin, for he would not have dared to intrust it to any one else.
From Heimatlos Two stories for children, and for those who love children by Johanna Spyri
As John Marshall was later to say of this new Constitution, “The sword and the purse, all the external relations, and no inconsiderable portion of the industry of the nation are intrusted to its Government.”
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2012
As two discharged doughboys intrusted with a dead pal's little girl, they try to find the grandparents named Smith.
From Time Magazine Archive
The part was intrusted to one Horace Braham.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is true that government affairs are now intrusted to others who always had misgivings concerning the old acquisitive ideas.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was therefore desirable that it should be intrusted to some power strong enough to hold in check this nation of robbers.
From March to Magdala by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
And very ill-natured it was of him to leave me in the stable, instead of intrusting me to your care, mistress.
From For the Cause by Stanley J. Weyman
Jefferson Davis saw the mistake he had made in intrusting important interests to political generals.
From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Charles Morris
Let me show my appreciation of that confidence by intrusting you with one equally important.
From Gabriel Conroy by Bert Harte
The English Admiralty has for two summers detailed a vessel admirably fitted for such purposes, intrusting the scientific direction of the expedition to Dr. Carpenter, Professor Thomson, and Mr. Jeffreys.
From Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. by Alexander Agassiz
At noon she carried the dread missive home with her, gravely intrusting it to her Captain’s keeping.
From Marjorie Dean, High School Junior by Pauline Lester
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