CONFIDE

confide

(verb) reveal in private; tell confidentially

entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit

(verb) confer a trust upon; “The messenger was entrusted with the general’s secret”; “I commit my soul to God”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

confide (third-person singular simple present confides, present participle confiding, simple past and past participle confided)

(intransitive, now rare) To trust, have faith (in).

(transitive, dated) To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone.

(intransitive) To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with. ( + in)

(transitive, intransitive) To say (something) in confidence.

Source: Wiktionary


Con*fide", v. i. [imp. & p.p. Confided; p.pr. & vb.n. Confiding.] Etym: [L. confidere; con- + fidere to trust. See Faith, and cf. Affiance.]

Definition: To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; -- usually followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers. By thy command I rise or fall, In thy protection I confide. Byron. Judge before friendships, then confide till death. Young.

Con*fide", v. t.

Definition: To intrust; to give in charge; to commit to one's keeping; -- followed by to. Congress may . . . confide to the Circuit jurisdiction of all offenses against the United States. Story.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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29 March 2024

FAULTFINDING

(adjective) tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions; “a counselor tries not to be faultfinding”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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