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

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

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 Todd, David Peck

He was still intrusting the servant with his message when Aurora, leaning over the railing of the hallway above, called down to him, “Come right upstairs!”

From Aurora the Magnificent by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

"Thus, your highness, King James gives you a mark of the highest confidence in intrusting to you the defense of his rights and those of his young son."

From A Romance of the West Indies by Sue, Eugène