Obs. Also 5–6 betrist. Pa. pple. betrusted; also 5 betrost, 6 betrust, -trist. [f. BE- 2 + TRUST v.]
1. trans. To trust, place confidence in (a person).
c. 1440. Generydes, 3615. He was right weel betrost both ferr and neere.
1556. Abp. Parker, Psalter civ. 294. O marke hys wyll: Hys care betrist.
a. 1577. Gascoigne, Wks. (1587), 114. Not best betrust among the worthyes nine.
1649. Milton, Eikon., 128. Maisters … of the People that betrusted them.
2. To entrust.
1619. J. Dyke, Caveat (1620), 45. If … man … should betrust vs with such a businesse of weight [etc.].
1702. C. Mather, Magn. Chr., III. iv. (1852), 328. Those who are betrusted to receive men unto ordinances in churches.
1741. Watts, Improv. Mind, xvii. (1813), 226 (J.). Whatsoever you would betrust to your memory, let it be disposed in a proper method, connected well together, and referred to distinct and particular heads or classes, both general and particular.
