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# entrust

verb (entrust, entrusts, entrusted, entrusting)

«entrust» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To give someone a job, thing or person to look after because you trust them: «She entrusted me with her keys.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrust/#m1)
2. (church, Bible) Christians «entrust» themselves or the dead to God, meaning they put them into God's care. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrust/#m2)
3. To entrust something to someone's ear is to say it to them quietly, in secret. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrust/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrust/#x1)
- The king entrusted the secret to his best knight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrust/#x2)
- Parents entrust their children to the school each day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrust/#x3)
- She entrusted her money to the bank. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrust/#x4)
- In the parable, the master entrusted his gold to his servants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrust/#x5)
- We entrust our grandmother to God's loving care. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrust/#x6)

### 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).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «entrust» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entrust/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«entrust» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/entrust.html) on Mova free.