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to betrust

to betrust

9.9
Give something to someone to take care of
  • verb
  • Archaic
translation icon : confiar
  • She betrusts her team with important tasks.

Examples

  • He did betrust his secrets to his closest friend.

  • In ancient times, people would betrust their valuables to the care of trusted guardians.

  • The king chose to betrust the safety of the realm to his most loyal knight.

  • I will betrust my secrets to you.

  • She decided to betrust her secret plans to her closest friend for safekeeping.

  • The manager chose to betrust the project's success to his team, believing in their capabilities.

  • He had to betrust his financial future to the advisor he felt had his best interests at heart.

Synonyms

to commit
vsto betrust
139 3.3

To put someone or something into another person's care

means the same transfer of care and responsibility with no difference
to entrust
vsto betrust
87 4.1

To give someone the job of looking after something or someone

covers both placing care and assigning responsibility in general
to commend
vsto betrust
  • Formal
16 6.3

To ask another person to take care of someone or something

is used more generally and not specifically as a formal transfer
to repose
vsto betrust
  • Formal
3 7.5

To put trust in someone or something

involves giving care responsibility for an item rather than just trusting them
to intrust
vsto betrust
  • Archaic
7.7

To give someone an important thing or job to look after

focuses more on assigning responsibility than on valuables or trust

How Responsible

to betrust
  • Archaic
9.9
to delegate
45 3.7

Surface Forms

betrust infinitive
betrusted past
betrusted past participle
betrusting present participle
betrusts third person singular

Morphology

betrust = trust (semi-transparent) = be + trust

The prefix 'be-' is used to form verbs indicating a sense of making or causing to be, but the specific sense of 'entrust' is not entirely transparent.

Etymology

Betrust is formed from the prefix be- and the word trust, so it gives the picture of 'putting trust' in someone, like handing them something important to look after. So to betrust someone is to give them the care or responsibility of something.