intrusting
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The act of intrusting, or the thing intrusted.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
The English Admiralty has for two summers detailed a vessel admirably fitted for such purposes, intrusting the scientific direction of the expedition to Dr. Carpenter, Professor Thomson, and Mr. Jeffreys.
From Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. by Alexander Agassiz
"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 Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 by Various
Judaism differs from all the ancient religions chiefly in its intrusting its truth to the whole people instead of a special priesthood.
From Jewish Theology by Kaufmann Kohler
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
