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

I smiled; I sacrificed the half-sovereign and let him go, for he is not exactly the person to whom it was advisable to intrust all the secrets relating to the Honorable Miss Snape.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various

He doesn't return from New York until six o'clock this evening, and the paper is far too valuable to intrust to the mails or to an underling.

From On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents by Taft, William Nelson

But this gave her a claim on him, and she knew he would not trifle with any commission she should intrust to him.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles

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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