adj. 1. opposed to trusts, monopolies, or other large combinations of business or capital which threaten fair competition; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices; -- of laws and regulations.
Syn. -- antimonopoly. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖n. [ F., fr. LL. antrustio. ] A vassal or voluntary follower of Frankish princes in their enterprises. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To trust or intrust. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of intrusting, or the thing intrusted. [ Obs. ] Chipman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A joint trustee. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Distrusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distrusting. ] [ Cf. Mistrust. ] To feel absence of trust in; not to confide in or rely upon; to deem of questionable sufficiency or reality; to doubt; to be suspicious of; to mistrust. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not distrusting my health. 2 Mac. ix. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

To distrust the justice of your cause. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that requireth the oath doth distrust that other. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of all afraid,
Distrusting all, a wise, suspicious maid. Collins. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Mistrust has been almost wholly driven out by distrust. T. L. K. Oliphant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Doubt of sufficiency, reality, or sincerity; lack of confidence, faith, or reliance; as, distrust of one's power, authority, will, purposes, schemes, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Suspicion of evil designs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alienation and distrust . . . are the growth of false principles. D. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. State of being suspected; loss of trust. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who distrusts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Apt to distrust; suspicious; mistrustful. Boyle.

-- Dis*trust"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*trust"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That distrusts; suspicious; lacking confidence in. -- Dis*trust"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Free from distrust. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Intrust. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Intrusted, p. pr. & vb. n. Intrusting. ] To deliver (something) to another in trust; to deliver to (another) something in trust; to commit or surrender (something) to another with a certain confidence regarding his care, use, or disposal of it; as, to intrust a servant with one's money or intrust money or goods to a servant.

Syn. -- To commit; consign; confide. See Commit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Want of confidence or trust; suspicion; distrust. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To regard with jealousy or suspicion; to suspect; to doubt the integrity of; to distrust. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will never mistrust my wife again. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To forebode as near, or likely to occur; to surmise. [ 1913 Webster ]

By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust
Ensuing dangers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who mistrusts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having or causing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their light blown out in some mistrustful wood. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Mis*trust"ful*ly, adv. -- Mis*trust"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With distrust or suspicion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no mistrust or suspicion. [ 1913 Webster ]

The swain mistrustless of his smutted face. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Excessive confidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To trust too much. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Want of confidence in one' self; diffidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Faith in one's self; self-reliance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. trust, trost, Icel. traust confidence, security; akin to Dan. & Sw. tröst comfort, consolation, G. trost, Goth. trausti a convention, covenant, and E. true. See True, and cf. Tryst. ] 1. Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; reliance. “O ever-failing trust in mortal strength!” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Most take things upon trust. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Credit given; especially, delivery of property or merchandise in reliance upon future payment; exchange without immediate receipt of an equivalent; as, to sell or buy goods on trust. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief. “Such trust have we through Christ.” 2 Cor. iii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

His trust was with the Eternal to be deemed
Equal in strength. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which is committed or intrusted to one; something received in confidence; charge; deposit. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ I ] serve him truly that will put me in trust. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reward them well, if they observe their trust. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope. [ 1913 Webster ]

O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth. Ps. lxxi. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Law) An estate devised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will, or for the benefit, of another; an estate held for the use of another; a confidence respecting property reposed in one person, who is termed the trustee, for the benefit of another, who is called the cestui que trust. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. An equitable right or interest in property distinct from the legal ownership thereof; a use (as it existed before the Statute of Uses); also, a property interest held by one person for the benefit of another. Trusts are active, or special, express, implied, constructive, etc. In a
passive trust the trustee simply has title to the trust property, while its control and management are in the beneficiary. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

9. A business organization or combination consisting of a number of firms or corporations operating, and often united, under an agreement creating a trust (in sense 1), esp. one formed mainly for the purpose of regulating the supply and price of commodities, etc.; often, opprobriously, a combination formed for the purpose of controlling or monopolizing a trade, industry, or business, by doing acts in restraint or trade; as, a sugar trust. A trust may take the form of a corporation or of a body of persons or corporations acting together by mutual arrangement, as under a contract or a so-called gentlemen's agreement. When it consists of corporations it may be effected by putting a majority of their stock either in the hands of a board of trustees (whence the name trust for the combination) or by transferring a majority to a holding company. The advantages of a trust are partly due to the economies made possible in carrying on a large business, as well as the doing away with competition. In the United States severe statutes against trusts have been passed by the Federal government and in many States, with elaborate statutory definitions. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Syn. -- Confidence; belief; faith; hope; expectation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trust deed (Law), a deed conveying property to a trustee, for some specific use. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Held in trust; as, trust property; trustmoney. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Trusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Trusting. ] [ OE. trusten, trosten. See Trust, n. ] 1. To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or repose faith, in; as, we can not trust those who have deceived us. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will never trust his word after. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that trusts every one without reserve will at last be deceived. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give credence to; to believe; to credit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trust me, you look well. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To hope confidently; to believe; -- usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object. [ 1913 Webster ]

I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face. 2 John 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

We trustwe have a good conscience. Heb. xiii. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. to show confidence in a person by intrusting (him) with something. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whom, with your power and fortune, sir, you trust,
Now to suspect is vain. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To commit, as to one's care; to intrust. [ 1913 Webster ]

Merchants were not willing to trust precious cargoes to any custody but that of a man-of-war. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment; as, merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To risk; to venture confidently. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Beguiled ] by thee
to trust thee from my side. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide. [ 1913 Webster ]

More to know could not be more to trust. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be confident, as of something future; to hope. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will trust and not be afraid. Isa. xii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is happier sometimes to be cheated than not to trust. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ] Her widening streets on new foundations trust. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] --
To trust to or
To trust unto, to depend on; to have confidence in; to rely on; as, to trust to luck. [ 1913 Webster ] They trusted unto the liers in wait. Judges xx. 36. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Any corporation formed for the purpose of acting as trustee. Such companies usually do more or less of a banking business. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. 1. To commit (property) to the care of a trustee; as, to trustee an estate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trustee process (Law), a process by which a creditor may attach his debtor's goods, effects, and credits, in the hands of a third person; -- called, in some States, the process of foreign attachment, garnishment, or factorizing process. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Law) The process of attachment by garnishment. [ U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The office or duty of a trustee. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Finance) High-grade stock in which trust funds may be legally invested. [ Colloq. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. One who trusts, or credits. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Scots Law) One who makes a trust; -- the correlative of trustee. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Full of trust; trusting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Worthy of trust; faithful; trusty; trustworthy. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Trust"ful*ly,adv. -- Trust"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a trusty manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being trusty. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having or exercising trust; confiding; unsuspecting; trustful. -- Trust"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. That may not be trusted; not worthy of trust; unfaithful. -- Trust"less*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. Worthy of trust or confidence; trusty. -- Trust"wor`thi*ness n. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Compar. Trustier superl. Trustiest. ] 1. Admitting of being safely trusted; justly deserving confidence; fit to be confided in; trustworthy; reliable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your trusty and most valiant servitor. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, not liable to fail; strong; firm. [ 1913 Webster ]

His trusty sword he called to his aid. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Involving trust; as, a trusty business. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Distrust. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not trustful or trusting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not to be trusted; not trusty. [ R. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]

See obnoxious.
See observable.
See observant.
See obstructive.
See obvious.
See official.
See officious.
See oppressive.
See ordinary.
See ordinate.
See original.
See ornamental.
See orthodox.
See ostentatious.
See pacifiable.
See pacific.
See painful.
See palatable.
See parallelable.
See pardonable.
See partable.
See participant.
See passionate.
See pastoral.
See pathetic.
See patriotic.
See peaceable.
See peaceful.
See pedantic.
See perceivable.
See perceptible.
See perilous.
See permanent.
See personable.
See perspirable.
See persuadable.
See persuasive.
See philanthropic.
See philosophic.
See philosophical.
See physical.
See picturesque.
See pierceable.
See pitiful.
See plain.
See plausible.
See plausive.
See pleadable.
See pleasurable.
See pliable.
See pliant.
See plumb.
See poetic.
See poetical.
See political.
See popular.
See populous.
See portable.
See potable.
See precarious.
See precise.
See pregnant.
See prejudicate.
See prelatical.
See premeditable.
See presentable.
See preservable.
See presumptuous.
See pretentious.
See pretty.
See prevalent.
See priestly.
See primitive.
See princely.
See procurable.
See producible.
See productive.
See professional.
See profitable.
See prolific.
See pronounceable.
See prophetic.
See propitious.
See proportionable.
See proportionate.
See prosperous.
See provable.
See punctilious.
See punctual.
See punishable.
See pure.
See qualifiable.
See quenchable.
See quiet.
See rational.
See readable.
See reasonable.
See recallable.
See reclaimable.
See recognizable.
See reconcilable.
See recoverable.
See recumbent.
See reformable.
See refusable.
See regardable.
See regardant.
See relative.
See relievable.
See reluctant.
See remarkable.
See remediable.
See rememberable.
See remorseful.
See removable.
See remunerative.
See repairable.
See repealable.
See repentant.
See reprovable.
See repugnant.
See requisite.
See requitable.
See resolvable.
See respectable.
See restful.
See retentive.
See returnable.
See revengeful.
See ridable.
See ridiculous.
See rightful.
See romantic.
See rough.
See royal.
See ruinable.
See ruly.
See sacrificial.
See safe.
See sage.
See sailable.
See salable.
See sane.
See sanguine.
See sanitary.
See satisfactory.
See satisfiable.
See saturable.
See savory.
See scalable.
See scaly.
See scholarly.
See scholastic.
See scientific.
See scornful.
See scriptural.
See sculptural.
See seaworthy.
See sectarian.
See secular.
See sedentary.
See selfish.
See sentient.
See sentimental.
See serviceable.
See severe.
See shamefaced.
See shamefast.
See shapely.
See shy.
See sick.
See sicker.
See sightly.
See simple.
See sinewy.
See sizable.
See sleek.
See slumberous.
See sly.
See smooth.
See smotherable.
See smutty.
See sober.
See sociable.
See social.
See solemn.
See soliciutous.
See solvable.
See speakable.
See speedy.
See spiritual.
See spontaneous.
See sportful.
See sportsmanlike.
See statutable.
See steadfast.
See steady.
See stormy.
See stout.
See strong.
See subduable.
See subject.
See submissive.
See subordinate.
See substantial.
See successive.
See succorable.
See suggestive.
See suitable.
See sunny.
See superfluous.
See supple.
See sure.
See surpassable.
See susceptible.
See suspect.
See suspectable.
See suspicious.
See sustainable.
See sweet.
See syllogistical.
See symbolic.
See sympathetic.
See systematic.
See tamable.
See tame.
See teachable.
See technical.
See tellable.
See tenable.
See tender.
See terrestrial.
See terrific.
See thankful.
See theological.
See thinkable.
See thirsty.
See thorny.
See thoughtful.
See tidy.
See tillable.
See toothsome.
See touchable.
See traceable.
See tractable.
See tragic.
See tranquil.
See transferable.
See translatable.
See transmutable.
See transparent.
See transpassable.
See traversable.
See tremulous.
See trimphant.
See trustworthy.
See trusty.
See tumultous.
See tunable.
See uniform.
See usable.
See useful.
See vanquishable.
See variant.
See venerable.
See venomous.
See veracious.
See verdant.
See veritable.
See vigilant.
See vigorous.
See virtuous.
See vital.
See vitrifiable.
See vocal.
See voidable.
See voluptuous.
See voyageable.
See vulgar.
See walkable.
See warlike.
See watchful.
See watery.
See wealthy.
See wearable.
See weary.
See welcome.
See wet.
See wholesome.
See wieldsome.
See willful.
See wily.
See witty.
See womanly.
See workable.
See workmanlike.
See worldly.
See worshipful.
See wrathful.
See writable.
See zealous.
------ and the like.
[ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. wan- as in wanton + trust. ] Failing or diminishing trust; want of trust or confidence; distrust. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]