| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. The function of watching, guarding, or overseeing: care, charge, custody, guardianship, keeping, superintendence, supervision. See CARE FOR. 2. A combination of businesses closely interconnected for common profit: cartel, combine, pool, syndicate. See GROUP, MONEY. 3. Absolute certainty in the trustworthiness of another: belief, confidence, dependence, faith, reliance. See BELIEF. | | VERB: | 1. To have confidence in the truthfulness of: believe, credit. Idioms: take at one's word. See OPINION. 2. To place trust or confidence in. Also used with in: bank on or (upon), believe in, count on or (upon), depend on or (upon), reckon on or (upon), rely on or (upon). See TRUST. 3. To place a trust upon: charge, entrust. See TRUST. 4. To put in the charge of another for care, use, or performance: commend, commit, confide, consign, entrust, give (over), hand over, relegate, turn over. Idioms: give in trust (or charge) . See GIVE.
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