intrust

[in-truhst] / ɪnˈtrʌst /

VERB

commit

Synonyms

STRONGEST

allocate charge engage give hold invest offer promise send

STRONG

allot apportion authorize commend commission confide consign convey delegate deliver deposit depute deputize destine dispatch employ empower ice imprison institutionalize move ordain relegate remove shift submit transfer vest

WEAK

confer trust depend upon give to do grant authority hand over leave to make responsible for put away put in the hands of rely upon turn over to

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cancel keep let go refuse release take withhold

STRONG

conceal deny disallow disapprove dissuade fix hide reject remain retain retract stay

WEAK

cease desist end idle keep from loaf rest stop wait

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What you told me about Jeths intrust made good readin.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

Meanwhile, I will leave you, for you may have a thousand messages to give monsieur for your relations and friends, commissions to intrust to him, and I should be very sorry to incommode you.

From Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 by Kock, Charles Paul de

At last, though he would not intrust me with his materials, he permitted me to work with my own; promising that, if my baubles pleased him, he would purchase them.

From Discipline by Brunton, Mary

I like you: there is no one in the world to whom I would so readily intrust the happiness of Florence.

From A Life's Secret A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry

Upon my declining to do so he threatened to intrust it to some other person's hand.

From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life by Herndon, William H.

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