intrusting
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The emperor was not slow in discerning the extraordinary qualities of the youth; and he showed it by intrusting him, as he grew older, with various important commissions.
From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by William Hickling Prescott
The sea brings out the real character of every man; and those who journey over its "deep invisible paths" find themselves intrusting their most sacred confidences to the keeping of comparative strangers.
From My Unknown Chum by Charles Bullard Fairbanks
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
“But you can at least tell me who sent you here, Geordie?” said I, anxious for further information before intrusting myself to such erratic guidance.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 by Various
"But you can at least tell me who sent you here, Geordie?" said I, anxious for further information before intrusting myself to such erratic guidance.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 by Various
