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▪ I. distrust, n.|dɪsˈtrʌst|
[f. dis- 9 + trust n.: cf. next.]
Absence or want of trust; lack of confidence, faith, or reliance; doubt, suspicion.
1513More in Grafton Chron. (1568) II. 809 Eche..in such hatred and distrust of other. 1581G. Pettie Guazzo's Civ. Conv. i. 19 b, Through distrust in himselfe, or for some other defect. 1659B. Harris Iron Age 291 The Germans, by their dissentions, and distrusts, have very much weakned the Empire. 1752Johnson Rambler No. 194 ⁋10 So little distrust has my pupil of his own abilities. 1798Southey Sonnets xi, Beware a speedy friend, the Arabian said, And wisely was it he advised distrust. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 258 A deep mutual distrust which had been many years growing..made a treaty impossible.
b. The fact of being distrusted; loss of credit.
1667Milton P.L. xi. 166 To mee reproach Rather belongs, distrust and all dispraise.
c. Breach of trust, the proving false to trust.
1667Milton P.L. ix. 6 Foul distrust and breach Disloyal on the part of Man, revolt, And disobedience.
▪ II. distrust, v.|dɪsˈtrʌst|
[f. dis- 6 + trust v.; perh. after L. diffīdere. Found intrans. in Lydgate, but app. not in ordinary use till the 16th c.]
†1. intr.
a. with of: To have a doubt or dread of; to suspect. [Cf. OF. difier de.] Obs.
1430Lydg. Chron. Troy i. vi, I durst not, distrustyng of myschyefe, Accomplyshe it whan it came to the prefe.
†b. with of, in, to: To be without confidence in.
1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 25 To write more touching this point, I..am ashamed, least I should seeme to distrust of your wisedome. 1582N. Lichefield tr. Castanheda's Conq. E. Ind. lxxi. 144 Howe sadde and heauie..he went away distrusting in the victory. 1654R. Codrington tr. Ivstine 231 Distrusting to their arms. Ibid., Distrusting to the Macedons. 1671H. M. tr. Colloq. Erasm. 208 Distrusting in mine own strength, I wholly rely upon him.
†c. with for: To doubt or fear for the safety of. Obs.
1693Mem. Ct. Teckely i. 3 marg., The Hungarians distrust for their Civil Priviledges.
2. trans. To do the opposite of trusting; to withhold trust or confidence from; to put no trust in, or reliance on, the statements or evidence of.
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Matt. v. (R.), He yt requireth y⊇ othe doeth distrust that other partie. 1601Shakes. Twel. N. iv. iii. 13, I am readie to distrust mine eyes, And wrangle with my reason that perswades me To any other trust. 1710Berkeley Princ. Hum. Knowl. §88 We see philosophers distrust their senses, and doubt of the existence of heaven and earth. 1776Gibbon Decl. & F. I. xix. 506 He feared his generals, and distrusted his ministers. 1850Prescott Peru II. 241 Any one who has occasion to compare his narrative with that of contemporary writers will find frequent cause to distrust it.
absol.1602Shakes. Ham. iii. ii. 175 Though I distrust, Discomfort you (my Lord) it nothing must.
b. To entertain doubts concerning; to call in question the reality, validity, or genuineness of; not to rely upon.
1586A. Day Eng. Secretary i. (1625) 87 Thy knowne good will..assureth me not to distrust the same at thy hands. 1611Bible 2 Macc. ix. 22 Not distrusting mine health, but hauing great hope to escape this sicknes. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. III. 63 A tyrant, whose..officers appeared to distrust, either the justice, or the success, of his arms. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 28, I altogether distrust my own power of determining this.
†c. with inf. Not to trust, to have no confidence. Obs.
1626C. Potter tr. Sarpi's Hist. Quarrels 144 The Pope, distrusting to obtaine from Spaine that which he desired. 1642Milton Apol. Smect. Wks. 1738 I. 103, I shall not distrust to be acquitted of presumption.
†3. with inf. phr. or clause: To have suspicion; to suspect. Obs.
1628Wither Brit. Rememb. Pref. 190 Distrust, that we discry their secret'st plots. 1660F. Brooke tr. Le Blanc's Trav. 292 The Arabians, whom he distrusted to be of his nephews party. 1707Curios. in Husb. & Gard. 331, I distrust that Monconys had added something of his own to what Kircherus told him.
Hence disˈtrusted ppl. a., disˈtrusting vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Jas. i. 6 (R.), Let him ask without distrusting, without doubt or wauering. 1611Florio, Sfidato, challenged, defied, distrusted. 1614Bp. Hall Recoll. Treat. 97 A base and distrusting mind. 1651Jer. Taylor Holy Dying iv. §1 (R.), God hath created the physician for thine [need]: therefore use him..without uncivil distrustings. 1837R. Wilson Pleas. Piety ii. 34 Distrusting Man! Behold this marvellous sight. |