intrust

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From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

If it is not deemed best to intrust me with the command even of my own army, I simply ask to be permitted to share their fate on the field of battle.”

From Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields by Edmonds, S. Emma E.

She had dropped into familiarity of speech with him, but he, still hopeful of persuading her to intrust a profitable r�clame to him, continued to treat her formally.

From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton

"Because," she replied, "Lir no longer loves thee; and he does not wish to intrust his children to thee, lest thou shouldst harm them."

From Old Celtic Romances by Unknown

Early in the morning the king called his eldest son to him and said, “If a man to whom I intrust my honour and my life prove faithless, how should he be punished?”

From Folk-Tales of Bengal by Day, Lal Behari