entrust

«entrust» in Mova's school dictionary: To give someone a job, thing or person to look after… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (entrust, entrusts, entrusted, entrusting)

meaning for a pupil

1) To give someone a job, thing or person to look after because you trust them: «She entrusted me with her keys.» tree →

2) (church, Bible) Christians «entrust» themselves or the dead to God, meaning they put them into God's care. tree →

3) To entrust something to someone's ear is to say it to them quietly, in secret. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories a king entrusts a secret message to a brave messenger; in school a teacher entrusts the class pet to a pupil for the holidays. In funerals people pray «we entrust our sister to God's mercy». Phrases: «entrust somebody with something», «entrust something to somebody».

examples

• The teacher entrusted me with the class hamster. tree →
• The king entrusted the secret to his best knight. tree →
• Parents entrust their children to the school each day. tree →
• She entrusted her money to the bank. tree →
• In the parable, the master entrusted his gold to his servants. tree →
• We entrust our grandmother to God's loving care. tree →

note

Regular verb. Two patterns: «entrust someone WITH something» or «entrust something TO someone». Formal; in everyday speech people say «trust someone with». Also spelled intrust (rare, old).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «entrust» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.