retrustv.
/ˌriːˈtrʌst/, U.S. /riˈtrəst/ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > commit to care or custody of another > again
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1642 King Charles I Answer xix. Propositions Parl. 21 Affairs of State..being retrusted to some close Committee.
1741 Hist. Ess. Londoners in Publick Affairs 44 All Power being vested in the Commons; and thence retrusted necessarily to a few of them (a Committee of Safety).
1742 L. L. Let. 16 Jan. in Lett. Westm. Jrnl. (1747) 54 Who, if his Election should be attempted to be made void, would..retrust their Liberties to his Care.
1854 Eng. Republic 3 268 King Oscar will have thrice to reflect before retrusting his fortunes to England.
2. transitive. To trust (a person) again.
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1872 Congress. Globe 11 Jan. 368/3 By offering them an oath of fidelity, that in case any should refuse to take it they might not retrust them with place of public charge and command.
1902 H. D. Ward Lauriel 125 You trust me so utterly that I am beginning to retrust myself.
1997 Y. Gitay in C. C. Broyles & C. A. Evans Writing & Reading Scroll of Isaiah I. i. 62 They need to retrust God as their saviour.
2002 Toronto Star (Nexis) 26 Sept. b4 They need to learn how to retrust an adult.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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