Trusted (5)
I believe the answer is:
hoped
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">trusted</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('hope' can be a synonym of 'trust')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for hoped that I've seen before include "Desired, with optimism" , "Desired, trusted" , "Expected and wished" , "Desired with the expectation of success" , "Aspired" .)