2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trust  \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 
 
  I  will  never  trust  his  word  after  --Shak. 
 
  He  that  trusts  every  one  without  reserve  will  at 
  last  be  deceived.  --Johnson. 
 
  2.  To  give  credence  to  to  believe;  to  credit. 
 
  Trust  me  you  look  well  --Shak. 
 
  3.  To  hope  confidently;  to  believe;  --  usually  with  a  phrase 
  or  infinitive  clause  as  the  object. 
 
  I  trust  to  come  unto  you  and  speak  face  to  face. 
  --2  John  12. 
 
  We  trustwe  have  a  good  conscience.  --Heb.  xiii. 
  18. 
 
  4.  to  show  confidence  in  a  person  by  intrusting  him  with 
  something 
 
  Whom  with  your  power  and  fortune,  sir,  you  trust, 
  Now  to  suspect  is  vain.  --Dryden. 
 
  5.  To  commit,  as  to  one's  care  to  intrust. 
 
  Merchants  were  not  willing  to  trust  precious  cargoes 
  to  any  custody  but  that  of  a  man-of-war.  --Macaulay. 
 
  6.  To  give  credit  to  to  sell  to  upon  credit,  or  in 
  confidence  of  future  payment;  as  merchants  and 
  manufacturers  trust  their  customers  annually  with  goods. 
 
  7.  To  risk;  to  venture  confidently. 
 
  [Beguiled]  by  thee  to  trust  thee  from  my  side 
  --Milton. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  trusted 
  adj  :  (of  persons)  worthy  of  trust  or  confidence;  "a  sure  (or 
  trusted)  friend"  [syn:  {sure}] 

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