intrust

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What you told me about Jeths intrust made good readin.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

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

He doesn't return from New York until six o'clock this evening, and the paper is far too valuable to intrust to the mails or to an underling.

From On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents by Taft, William Nelson

Early in the morning the king called his eldest son to him and said, “If a man to whom I intrust my honour and my life prove faithless, how should he be punished?”

From Folk-Tales of Bengal by Day, Lal Behari

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