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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INTRUST', v.t. [in and trust.] To deliver in trust; to confide to the care of; to commit to another with confidence in his fidelity; as, to intrust a servant with one's money or goods, or to intrust money or goods to a servant. We intrust an agent or factor with commercial business, or we intrust commercial concerns to an agent.
We intrust our friends with secrets, or intrust secrets to them.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God" [syn: entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit]

Merriam Webster's

variant of entrust

Oxford Reference Dictionary

var. of ENTRUST.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Intrust In*trust", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intrusted, p. pr. & vb. n. Intrusting.] To deliver (something) to another in trust; to deliver to (another) something in trust; to commit or surrender (something) to another with a certain confidence regarding his care, use, or disposal of it; as, to intrust a servant with one's money or intrust money or goods to a servant. Syn: To commit; consign; confide. See Commit.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Confide, commit, consign, give in trust, deliver in trust.