betrust

B3E1T1R1U1S1T1

verb

To trust; place confidence in (a person).

OriginMiddle English betrusten →
Scrabble 9
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbbetrust (third-person singular simple present betrusts, present participle betrusting, simple past and past participle betrusted)

present singular third person betrusts · participle present betrusting · participle past betrusted · past betrusted

  1. archaictransitiveTo trust; place confidence in (a person).
  2. archaictransitiveTo entrust.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishbetrusten
  2. Englishbetrust

From Middle English betrusten, bitristen, equivalent to be- (“on, upon”) + trust.

More words from Middle English

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

buttersbestrut
Cite this entry
APA

betrust. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/betrust

MLA

“betrust.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/betrust. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “betrust,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/betrust.

Source: betrust on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.