intrusting

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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.

“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

Events have abundantly proved the error of intrusting the management of the expedition to civilians and men of bureaux.

From March to Magdala by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

And very ill-natured it was of him to leave me in the stable, instead of intrusting me to your care, mistress.

From For the Cause by Weyman, Stanley J.

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