— entrustment , n.
/en trust"/ , v.t.
1. to charge or invest with a trust or responsibility; charge with a specified office or duty involving trust: We entrusted him with our lives.
2. to commit (something) in trust to; confide, as for care, use, or performance: to entrust a secret, money, powers, or work to another.
Also, intrust .
[ 1595-1605; EN- 1 + TRUST ]