доверять

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Etymology

дове́рить (dovéritʹ) +‎ -я́ть (-játʹ), cognates include Ukrainian довіря́ти (dovirjáty), Belarusian давяра́ць (davjarácʹ).

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доверя́ть (doverjátʹimpf (perfective дове́рить)

  1. (imperfective only) to trust, to have confidence in
    • 1847, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “Часть первая. III”, in Хозяйка; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Landlady, 1914:
      Он чу́вствовал, что был раздражён и потрясён; он знал, что фанта́зия и впечатли́тельность его́ напряжены́ до кра́йности, и реши́л не доверя́ть себе́.
      On čúvstvoval, što byl razdražón i potrjasjón; on znal, što fantázija i vpečatlítelʹnostʹ jevó naprjažený do krájnosti, i rešíl ne doverjátʹ sebé.
      He felt unhinged and shaken; he knew that his imagination and impressionability were strained to the utmost pitch, and resolved not to trust himself.
  2. to entrust (to give someone or something to someone for safekeeping)
  3. to entrust (to tell someone a secret)
  4. to entrust, to charge, to delegate

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