7. To risk; to venture confidently. [Beguiled] by thee to trust thee from my side. Milton.
TRUST
Trust, v. i.
1. To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide. More to know could not be more to trust. Shak.
2. To be confident, as of something future; to hope. I will trust and not be afraid. Isa. xii. 2.
3. 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 unto, to depend on; to have confidence in; to rely on. They trusted unto the liers in wait. Judges xx. 36.
TRUST COMPANY
Trust company.
Defn: Any corporation formed for the purpose of acting as trustee.
Such companies usually do more or less of a banking business.
TRUSTEE
Trus*tee", n. (Law)
Defn: A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process. Trustee process (Law), a process by which a creditor may attach his debtor's goods, effects, and credits, in the hands of a third person; — called, in some States, the process of foreign attachment, garnishment, or factorizing process. [U. S.]
TRUSTEE
Trus*tee", v. t.