intrust

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-bor.

Middle English in-

English in-

English trust

English intrust

From in- + trust.

Verb

intrust (third-person singular simple present intrusts, present participle intrusting, simple past and past participle intrusted)

1. Archaic form of entrust.
   • 1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 8, page 127:

     For reasons of her own, Pitanè had intrusted Æpytus, an Arcadian prince, with the charge of the maiden Evadne.

Anagrams

• trustin'