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

Example Sentences

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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

If you want to give him something to do, why don't you intrust him with getting ready the house for your Christmas party?

From Poor Relations by MacKenzie, Compton

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.

To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

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