Trust | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Trŭst, n.

noun

n. [Icel. traust, confidence, security, Goth. trausti, a convention, covenant; O. D. troest, troost, consolation, hope, trust; O. Sax. gitröst, Sw. & Dan. tröst, Ger. trost, consolation, hope. See infra.]

Sense 1. Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle of another person; confidence; reliance. “O, ever-failing trust in mortal strength.” Milton.

Most take things upon trust. Locke.

Sense 2. Credit given; especially, delivery of property or merchandise in reliance upon future payment; exchange without immediate receipt of an equivalent; as, to sell or buy goods on trust.

Sense 3. Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief.

His trust was with the Eternal to be deemed Equal in strength. Milton.

Sense 4. That which is committed or intrusted to one; something received in confidence; charge; deposit.

Sense 5. The condition or obligation of one to whom any thing is confided; responsible charge or office.

I serve him truly, that will put me in trust. Shak.

Reward them well, if they observe their trust. Denham.

Sense 6. That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance.

O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth. Ps. lxxi. 5.

Sense 7. (Law.) An estate devised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will or for the benefit of another; an estate held for the use of another; a confidence respecting property reposed in one person, who is termed the trustee, for the benefit of another, who is called the cestui que trust.

Synonyms—Confidence; belief; faith; hope; expectation.

Trŭst, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. TRUSTED; p. pr. & vb. n. TRUSTING.] [O. D. troesten, troosten, to instigate, incite; troosten, to console; Icel. treysta, to confide, confirm, traustr, faithful, firm; Dan. tröst, tröstig, Ger. & D. getröst, O. H. Ger. gidröst, reliant, brave; Sw. förtrösta, Dan. förtröste, to confide, N. H. Ger. vertrösten, to give hope; O. Sax. tröstian, gitröston, Ger. trösten, Sw. trösta, Dan. tröste, to console; Dan. also, to trust in one's powers. See supra.] 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 commit, in confidence, to the care of; to show confidence by intrusting to. Whom, with your power and fortune, sir, you trust, Now to suspect is vain. Dryden. 4. 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.

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 to the value of millions.
To venture confidently. “Fooled by thee, to trust thee from my side.” Milton.

Trŭst, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. 1. To be credulous; to be won to confidence. Well, you may fear too far . . . Safer than trust too far. Shak. 2. To be confident, as of something present or future. I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face. 2 John 12. We trust we have a good conscience. Heb. xiii. 18. 3. To sell, exchange, or alienate, in reliance upon a promise to pay. It is happier sometimes to be cheated than not to trust. Johnson. To trust in, to confide in; to place confidence in; to rely on. “Trust in the Lord, and do good.” Ps. xxxvii. 3. — To trust to, to depend on; to have confidence in; to rely on. The men of Israel . . . trusted to the liers in wait. Judg. xx. 36.

Trüst, a.

adjective

a. Held in trust; as, trust property; trust money.