intrusting

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In the very intrusting my children to your care, do I not prove that I must think you so?

From Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters by Aguilar, Grace

William of Orange had testified his confidence in him by intrusting to him a mission as difficult as it was dangerous, the nature of which we shall know later on.

From A Romance of the West Indies by Sue, Eugène

At noon she carried the dread missive home with her, gravely intrusting it to her Captain’s keeping.

From Marjorie Dean, High School Junior by Lester, Pauline

"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

Your gallant record justifies us in intrusting the papers to your care.

From Guy in the Jungle A Boy's Adventure in the Wilds of Africa by Graydon, William Murray