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 | ||