foretrust

Verb

foretrust (third-person singular simple present foretrusts, present participle foretrusting, simple past and past participle foretrusted)

1. (transitive) To trust beforehand; trust in advance.
   • Already it has been shown that both the covenants are theirs (chap, ix.), though the Church, as foretrusting in Christ (Eph. i. 12), enjoys the fatness of the blessing while the natural object of the covenant remains as yet an outcast.1852, Arthur Pridham, Notes and reflections on the Epistle to the Romans
   • Therefore the Spirit and the Gospel will be found in the Christ, who was foretrusted, because foretold.1995, Ante-Nicene Fathers: Latin Christianity