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INTRUST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Confer a trust upon

Example:

I commit my soul to God

Synonyms:

commit; confide; entrust; intrust; trust

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "intrust" is one way to...):

give; hand; pass; pass on; reach; turn over (place into the hands or custody of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "intrust"):

commend (give to in charge)

charge; consign (give over to another for care or safekeeping)

recommit (commit again)

obligate (commit in order to fulfill an obligation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sentence example:

They intrust him to write the letter

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