- Trusting
- 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.
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I will never trust his word after. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
He that trusts every one without reserve will at last be deceived. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
2. To give credence to; to believe; to credit. [1913 Webster]
Trust me, you look well. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
3. To hope confidently; to believe; -- usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object. [1913 Webster]
I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face. --2 John 12. [1913 Webster]
We trustwe have a good conscience. --Heb. xiii. 18. [1913 Webster]
4. to show confidence in a person by intrusting (him) with something. [1913 Webster]
Whom, with your power and fortune, sir, you trust, Now to suspect is vain. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
5. To commit, as to one's care; to intrust. [1913 Webster]
Merchants were not willing to trust precious cargoes to any custody but that of a man-of-war. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
7. To risk; to venture confidently. [1913 Webster]
[Beguiled] by thee to trust thee from my side. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
См. также в других словарях:
Trusting — Trust ing, a. Having or exercising trust; confiding; unsuspecting; trustful. {Trust ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
trusting — index convincing, credulous, naive, positive (confident), sanguine, unsuspecting Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
trusting — [adj] trustful believing, confiding, credulous, gullible, innocent, naive, undoubting, unquestioning, unsuspecting, unsuspicious; concepts 401,542,678 … New thesaurus
trusting — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ tending to trust others; not suspicious. DERIVATIVES trustingly adverb trustingness noun … English terms dictionary
trusting — [trus′tiŋ] adj. that trusts; trustful trustingly adv. trustingness n … English World dictionary
trusting — trust|ing [ˈtrʌstıŋ] adj 1.) willing to believe that other people are good and honest ▪ a shy and trusting child trusting of ▪ She s so trusting of people. 2.) involving trust ▪ a loving and trusting relationship … Dictionary of contemporary English
trusting — [[t]trʌ̱stɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED A trusting person believes that people are honest and sincere and do not intend to harm him or her. She has an open, trusting nature... Perhaps I was too trusting … English dictionary
trusting — trustingly, adv. trustingness, n. /trus ting/, adj. inclined to trust; confiding; trustful: a trusting child. [1400 50; late ME; see TRUST, ING2] Syn. unsuspicious, innocent, naive, unwary. * * * … Universalium
trusting — adjective willing to believe that other people are good and honest: Sara s trusting nature led her to believe Tony s lies … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
trusting — /ˈtrʌstɪŋ/ (say trusting) adjective that trusts; confiding; trustful. {trust + ing2} –trustingly, adverb –trustingness, noun … Australian English dictionary
