English verb: entrust | |||
1. | entrust (possession) confer a trust upon | ||
Samples | The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret. I commit my soul to God. | ||
Examples | They entrust him to write the letter | ||
Synonyms | commit, confide, intrust, trust | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | charge, commend, consign, obligate, recommit | ||
2. | entrust (possession) put into the care or protection of someone | ||
Samples | He left the decision to his deputy. Leave your child the nurse's care. | ||
Examples | They entrust the money to them , They entrust them the money | ||
Synonyms | leave | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over | ||