intrusting

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“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

As a well-known critic remarked in Macmillan—"This volume is one more illustration of the folly of intrusting the composition of biography to persons who have only the wholly irrelevant claim of intimate friendship."

From Harriet Martineau by Miller, Florence Fenwick

Frau von Lasberg, who was sniffing at her vinaigrette, looked dismayed; she had no idea of intrusting her precious health to this peasant doctor.

From The Alpine Fay A Romance by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)

Alexander did so, intrusting the command to an officer named Ptolemy.

From Alexander the Great Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob

The point at issue is whether Johanna feels sufficient affection and esteem for you to allow of her intrusting to you her future, and to this question you must ask the answer yourself.

From A Noble Name or D?nninghausen by Gl?mer, Claire Von