Hypertext Webster Gateway: "trusting"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Trust \Trust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trusted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trusting}.] [OE. trusten, trosten. See {Trust}, n.]
1. To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or repose
faith, in; as, we can not trust those who have deceived
us.

I will never trust his word after. --Shak.

He that trusts every one without reserve will at
last be deceived. --Johnson.

2. To give credence to; to believe; to credit.

Trust me, you look well. --Shak.

3. To hope confidently; to believe; -- usually with a phrase
or infinitive clause as the object.

I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face.
--2 John 12.

We trustwe have a good conscience. --Heb. xiii.
18.

4. to show confidence in a person by intrusting (him) with
something.

Whom, with your power and fortune, sir, you trust,
Now to suspect is vain. --Dryden.

5. To commit, as to one's care; to intrust.

Merchants were not willing to trust precious cargoes
to any custody but that of a man-of-war. --Macaulay.

6. To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in
confidence of future payment; as, merchants and
manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods.

7. To risk; to venture confidently.

[Beguiled] by thee to trust thee from my side.
--Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Trusting \Trust"ing\, a.
Having or exercising trust; confiding; unsuspecting;
trustful. -- {Trust"ing*ly}, adv.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

trusting
adj 1: inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust;
"great brown eye, true and trustful"- Nordhoff & Hall
[syn: {trustful}] [ant: {distrustful}]
2: tending to trust; "she had an open and trusting nature"


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