puhekieltä To hand over as a trust; intrust; commend, commit (someone), usually as a wish expressed on departing; recommend to the care of; give charge to.
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VI:
So he toke his horse and betaughte hem all to God ....
puhekieltä To commit or commend (one), by the expression of a wish, to (God, the devil, etc.).