intrusting
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Imagine present-day Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty intrusting a ship of the British navy to civilian command.
From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by David Peck Todd
He enjoined that the building should forthwith be destroyed, intrusting the task to the swift hands of Theophilus.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by John William Draper
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 Eugène Sue
Jefferson Davis saw the mistake he had made in intrusting important interests to political generals.
From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Charles Morris
“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
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