Trust

Trust
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]


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