1593330 jmdict A [id=2204225]
言付ける[ichi2]；託ける；言づける[sK]
ことづける[ichi2]
[1][v1,vt]
  to have someone send (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (via someone else); to leave (a message) with someone
[2][v1,vt][arch]
  to use as an excuse; to make a pretext of