To trust in, To trust on, to place confidence in,; to rely on; to depend. "Trust in the Lord, and do good." Ps. xxxvii. 3. "A priest . . . on whom we trust." Chaucer.

Her widening streets on new foundations trust.
Dryden.

To trustto or unto, to depend on; to have confidence in; to rely on.

They trusted unto the liers in wait.
Judges xx. 36.

Trustee
(Trus*tee") n. (Law) A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for

1. To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or repose faith, in; as, we can not trust those who have deceived us.

I will never trust his word after.
Shak.

He that trusts every one without reserve will at last be deceived.
Johnson.

2. To give credence to; to believe; to credit.

Trust me, you look well.
Shak.

3. To hope confidently; to believe; — usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object.

I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face.
2 John 12.

We trustwe have a good conscience.
Heb. xiii. 18.

4. to show confidence in a person by intrusting (him) with something.

Whom, with your power and fortune, sir, you trust,
Now to suspect is vain.
Dryden.

5. To commit, as to one's care; to intrust.

Merchants were not willing to trust precious cargoes to any custody but that of a man-of-war.
Macaulay.

6. To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment; as, merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods.

7. To risk; to venture confidently.

[Beguiled] by thee
to trust thee from my side.
Milton.

Trust
(Trust), v. i.

1. To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.

More to know could not be more to trust.
Shak.

2. To be confident, as of something future; to hope.

I will trust and not be afraid.
Isa. xii. 2.

3. To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.

It is happier sometimes to be cheated than not to trust.
Johnson.


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