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trusting |
3 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trusting \Trust"ing\, a. Having or exercising trust; confiding; unsuspecting; trustful. -- {Trust"ing*ly}, adv From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: trusting adj 1: inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust; "great brown eye, true and trustful"- Nordhoff & Hall [syn: {trustful}] [ant: {distrustful}] 2: tending to trust; "she had an open and trusting nature"
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