intrusting

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Let me show my appreciation of that confidence by intrusting you with one equally important.

From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert

The English Admiralty has for two summers detailed a vessel admirably fitted for such purposes, intrusting the scientific direction of the expedition to Dr. Carpenter, Professor Thomson, and Mr. Jeffreys.

From Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. by Agassiz, Alexander

"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

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

The practice of intrusting to banks the safekeeping of other valuables, such as important documents, jewelry, plate, etc., is also widespread and growing.

From Banking by Scott, William A.