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verb
To entrust; trust to (someone/something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
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verb
To trust; to expect; to depend or rely (on).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive
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History
From Middle English lipnen (“to trust”), of obscure origin. Perhaps an alteration of Middle English litnen (“to trust”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse hlíta, compare Swedish lita (“to trust, depend, rely on”).
