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Webster 1913 Edition


Betrustment

Be-trust′ment

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Noun.
The act of intrusting, or the thing intrusted.
[Obs.]
Chipman.

Webster 1828 Edition


Betrustment

BETRUST'MENT

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Noun.
The act of entrusting; the thing entrusted.

Definition 2024


betrustment

betrustment

English

Noun

betrustment (plural betrustments)

  1. (obsolete) The act of entrusting, or the thing entrusted.
    • 1793, Nathaniel Chipman, Sketches of the Principles of Government
      They have found it difficult to distinguish clearly, in the exercise of power, between a personal right, and a mere betrustment.