The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trust \Trust\, v. i.
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To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.
More to know could not be more to trust.
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To be confident, as of something future; to hope.
I will trust and not be afraid.
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To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.
It is happier sometimes to be cheated than not to trust.
--Johnson.To trust in, To trust on, to place confidence in,; to rely on; to depend. ``Trust in the Lord, and do good.''
--Ps. xxxvii. 3. ``A priest . . . on whom we trust.''
--Chaucer.Her widening streets on new foundations trust.
--Dryden.To trust to or To trust unto, to depend on; to have confidence in; to rely on; as, to trust to luck.
They trusted unto the liers in wait.
--Judges xx. 36.
Usage examples of "to trust in".
People want to trust in leaders, but they have a lot of reasons not to.
Catti-brie was never one to trust in Harkle Harpell, but his reasoning then seemed unusually sound.
This time, unlike any other, Danica had to trust in Cadderly to take care of himself, had to focus on the desperate battle.
A brave warrior, though perhaps too much inclined to trust in bravery and luck.
I think that displaying great faith in those you lead would better allow them to trust in your guidance.
He had to trust in Danica, and in their love, he knew, for their situation was too dangerous to allow for any rifts between him and Elbereth.
You see--in this dream, anyhow--I had been a big man, the sort of man men come to trust in, to group themselves about.