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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Trust \Trust\, v. i.
1. To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence;
to confide.
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More to know could not be more to trust. --Shak.
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2. To be confident, as of something future; to hope.
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I will trust and not be afraid. --Isa. xii. 2.
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3. To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of
payment; to give credit.
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It is happier sometimes to be cheated than not to
trust. --Johnson.
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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.
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Her widening streets on new foundations trust.
--Dryden.
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To trust to or To trust unto, to depend on; to have
confidence in; to rely on; as, to trust to luck.
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They trusted unto the liers in wait. --Judges xx.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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.
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 trust to or unto, to depend on; to have confidence in;
to rely on.
They trusted unto the liers in wait. --Judges xx.
36.
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