Entrust, v. t.
See Intrust.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for entrust; he lists it under commit.
Where he writes about it:
Commit, in the sense here considered, is to give in charge, put into care or keeping; to confide or entrust is to commit especially to one's fidelity, confide being used chiefly of mental or spiritual, entrust also of material things; we assign a duty, confide a secret, entrust a treasure; we commit thoughts to writing; commit a paper to the flames, a body to the earth; a prisoner is committed to jail. — from commit