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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)