entrust

Verb

Verb Forms: entrusted, entrusting, entrusts

• To assign the responsibility for something to someone.
• confer a trust upon
  • "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"
• put into the care or protection of someone
• To trust to the care of.

Examples

• Can I entrust you with a secret?
• He entrusted me his daughter.
• He entrusts that task to her.
• He had to entrust his winning strategy to the luck of the draw for the final tiles.

Synonyms

commit, confide, intrust, leave, trust