catflap.org Online Dictionary Query


Query string:
Search type:
Database:

Database copyright information
Server information


2 definitions found
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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              More to know could not be more to trust. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To be confident, as of something future; to hope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I will trust and not be afraid.       --Isa. xii. 2.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of
        payment; to give credit.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              It is happier sometimes to be cheated than not to
              trust.                                --Johnson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Her widening streets on new foundations trust.
                                                    --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To trust to or To trust unto, to depend on; to have
        confidence in; to rely on; as, to trust to luck.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              They trusted unto the liers in wait.  --Judges xx.
                                                    36.
        [1913 Webster]

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.

Questions or comments about this site? Contact dictionary@catflap.org
Access Stats