1. entrust(v = verb.possession) commit, confide, intrust, trust - confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
is one way to give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over
Sample sentences:
They entrust him to write the letter
2. entrust(v = verb.possession) leave - put into the care or protection of someone; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care"
is one way to give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over
Sample sentences:
They entrust the money to them ; They entrust them the money
See Intrust. [1913 Webster]
entrust, v.tr. (also intrust)
1 (foll. by to) give responsibility for (a person or a thing) to a person in whom one has confidence.
2 (foll. by with) assign responsibility for a thing to (a person).
Derivative:
entrustment n.
VB commission, delegate, depute, consign, assign, charge, intrust, entrust, commit, commit to the hands of, authorize, put in commission, accredit, engage, hire, bespeak, appoint, name, nominate, return, ordain, install, induct, inaugurate, swear in, invest, crown, enroll, enlist, give power of attorney to, employ, empower, set over, place over, send out, be commissioned, be accredited, represent, stand for, stand in the stead of, stand in the place of, stand in the shoes of.