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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Trust \Trust\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Trusted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trusting}.] [OE. trusten, trosten. See {Trust}, noun]
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
trusted
adjective: (of persons) worthy of trust or confidence; "a sure (or trusted) friend" [syn: {sure}]
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