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betrust

betrust verb: to trust; place confidence in (a person).

Verb

betrust (third-person singular simple present betrusts, present participle betrusting, simple past and past participle betrusted)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To trust; place confidence in (a person).
  2. (archaic, transitive) To entrust.

Forms of betrust

third-person singular presentbetrusts
present participlebetrusting
past participlebetrusted
pastbetrusted

Origin of betrust

From Middle English betrusten, bitristen, equivalent to be- (“on, upon”) + trust.

Words formed from betrust

Questions about betrust

What does betrust mean?
Betrust means to trust; place confidence in (a person).
What part of speech is betrust?
Betrust is a verb.
What is the past tense of betrust?
The past tense of betrust is betrusted.

Words near betrust in the dictionary

  1. betrousered
  2. betrow
  3. betrump
  4. betrumpet
  5. betrunk
  6. betrust
  7. betrusted
  8. betrusting
  9. betrustment
  10. betrustments
  11. betrusts

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