intrust
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What you told me about Jeths intrust made good readin.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
If it is not deemed best to intrust me with the command even of my own army, I simply ask to be permitted to share their fate on the field of battle.”
From Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields by Edmonds, S. Emma E.
If you want to give him something to do, why don't you intrust him with getting ready the house for your Christmas party?
From Poor Relations by MacKenzie, Compton
Reluctantly, Manlio felt that he could not do better than to intrust the care of his dear ones to this generous youth.
From Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century by Garibaldi, Giuseppe
At last, though he would not intrust me with his materials, he permitted me to work with my own; promising that, if my baubles pleased him, he would purchase them.
From Discipline by Brunton, Mary
As John Marshall was later to say of this new Constitution, “The sword and the purse, all the external relations, and no inconsiderable portion of the industry of the nation are intrusted to its Government.”
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2012
As two discharged doughboys intrusted with a dead pal's little girl, they try to find the grandparents named Smith.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is true that government affairs are now intrusted to others who always had misgivings concerning the old acquisitive ideas.
From Time Magazine Archive
Recently Hearst Sr. intrusted Hearst Jr. with a long-distance errand.
From Time Magazine Archive
The act of intrusting, or the thing intrusted.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
Alexander did so, intrusting the command to an officer named Ptolemy.
From Alexander the Great Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
Let me show my appreciation of that confidence by intrusting you with one equally important.
From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert
Your gallant record justifies us in intrusting the papers to your care.
From Guy in the Jungle A Boy's Adventure in the Wilds of Africa by Graydon, William Murray
My father saw that, and reposed the greatest confidence in him in intrusting me to his care.
From Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Hillern, Wilhelmine von
They made a bold fight for Springfield, intrusting the management of the bill to Lincoln.
From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life by Herndon, William H.
