entrust

en-trust · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To give someone responsibility for something valuable or important.

  2. 2.

    To place something or someone in another person's care.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    entrust someone with something — to give someone responsibility for something
  • •
    entrust something to someone — to place something in someone's care

Related words

Antonyms: distrust, withhold
See also: confide, delegate, responsibility, trust
Synonyms: assign, commit, confide, delegate

Etymology

From English prefix en- ("to cause to be in") + trust, formed in the 16th century to mean placing trust in someone for safekeeping.