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 trustto or unto, to depend on; to have confidence in; to rely on.
They trusted unto the liers in wait. Judges xx. 36.