Third-person singular present form of entrust; gives someone responsibility for something valuable or important.
From en- (to put into) + trust (confidence in), dating to Middle English. The verb 'entrust' emerged when Old English didn't have a precise word for the act of placing confidence in another's care.
The word 'entrusts' shows up constantly in literature and law because stories and contracts are basically all about what people trust each other with—and what goes wrong when that trust is broken!
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