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Meanings of entrust in English

Portuguese
confiar algo a alguém
Catalan
confiar
Spanish
confiar

To confer a trust upon.

        confiar algo a alguém
        Portuguese
        entregar
        Catalan
        deixar
        Spanish
        confiar

        To give the custody, care, use etc., to leave in the hands of.

              entregar
              Usage of entrust in English
              1
              If you please him, he will entrust you with a great deal.
              Siddhartha
              2
              DW: To be careful who you entrust and share your vision with.
              Ebony
              3
              Why won't the country agree to entrust itself to his fine mind?
              The Irish Times
              4
              The people will be eager to entrust their safety in his hands.
              The Transgressors / Story of a Great Sin / A Political Novel of ...
              5
              News such as I have brought I would entrust to no messenger!
              Lost in translation
              6
              Why would a Roman senator entrust a former slave with an army?
              Imperatrix
              7
              I must entrust myself to it and be what it made me.
              The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
              8
              She would entrust him with this if it was hers to give.
              The Tides of Barnegat
              9
              They entrust him with their toil, their kids' college education, their retirement.
              Caught
              10
              Blind, he ran with Brenda-forcedto entrust his life to her completely.
              The Scorch Trials
              11
              I thought, perhaps, I might entrust them to your delicacy and consideration.
              The Crusade of the Excelsior
              12
              If you entrust them to me, they must learn to govern themselves.
              Cleopatra — Volume 08
              13
              To whom would Mr. Gresham entrust the financial affairs of the country?
              Phineas Redux
              14
              I would entrust to no one our friend Soukhoroukof's message and advice.
              Fred Markham in Russia; Or, The Boy Travellers in the Land of th...
              15
              Don't entrust a bit of prose to the rogue, but believe me
              The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 / Letters 1821-184...
              16
              Could he entrust her happiness to the care of such a man?
              The Sea-Hawk
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