entrust
委任する。委託する。to make sb responsible for doing sth or taking care of sb※
特許関連の文脈では、代理人に特許をはじめとした法律業務を委託するといった意味で用いられることが多い。
例：
・Over the past several years you may have noticed that I have collaborated closely with Mr. Shuzo Takahashi to handle the legal matters you have entrusted to my firm.
・We ask you to continue to entrust us with your intellectual property matters.
※：“entrust”. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English. Oxford University Press, 9th ed., 2015, p.514.