intrusting

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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

Were Bluebeard to do me the honor of intrusting me with his keys, I should spend a pleasant half-hour speculating on his family affairs.

From The Gentle Reader by Crothers, Samuel McChord

When the understanding fully masters a thing before intrusting it to the memory, what it afterward draws therefrom is in reality its own.

From Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts by Steeg, Jules

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.

The emperor was not slow in discerning the extraordinary qualities of the youth; and he showed it by intrusting him, as he grew older, with various important commissions.

From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling