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# intrusted

verb, past participle of intrust

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

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

Given to someone to look after or to carry out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/I/intrusted/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say "entrusted". "Intrusted" is an old spelling and form.

### Examples

- Read the parable of the intrusted talent! (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/I/intrusted/#x1)
- Bellerophon now presented to him the letter intrusted to him by Proetus. (Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/I/intrusted/#x2)
- As a proof of his confidence, the king now intrusted Paris with a somewhat delicate mission. (Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/I/intrusted/#x3)

### Note

Today: entrusted.

## On Mova

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