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trust (?), n. [OE. trust, trost, Icel. traust confidence, security; akin to Dan. & Sw. trst comfort, conso
| trust | (?), n. [OE. trust, trost, Icel. traust confidence, security; akin to Dan. & Sw. trst comfort, consolation, G. trost, Goth. trausti a convention, covenant, and E. true. See True, and cf. Tryst.] 1.
Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; reliance. O ever-failing trust in mortal strength! Milton.
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-Most take things upon trust. Locke.
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Credit given; especially, delivery of property or merchandise in reliance upon future payment; exchange without immediate receipt of an equivalent; as, to sell or buy goods on trust.
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Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief. Such trust have we through Christ. 2 Cor. iii. 4.
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-His trust was with the Eternal to be deemed |
| trust | , a.
Held in trust; as, trust property; trustmoney.
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| trust | , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Trusting.] [OE. trusten, trosten. See Trust, n.] 1.
To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or repose faith, in; as, we can not trust those who have deceived us.
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-I will never trust his word after. Shak.
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-He that trusts every one without reserve will at last be deceived. Johnson.
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To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
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-Trust me, you look well. Shak.
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To hope confidently; to believe; -- usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object.
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-I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face. 2 John 12.
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-We trustwe have a good conscience. Heb. xiii. 18.
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to show confidence in a person by intrusting (him) with something.
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-Whom, with your power and fortune, sir, you 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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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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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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