entrust

verb
/ɪnˈtɹʌst/

Etymology

From en- + trust.

  1. derived from *deru- — “be firm, hard, solid
  2. inherited from *trust
  3. inherited from trust — “trust, protection
  4. prefixed as entrust — “en + trust

Definitions

  1. To trust to the care of.

    • Can I entrust you with a secret?
    • He entrusted me his daughter.
    • He entrusts that task to her.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at entrust. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at entrust. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at entrust

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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