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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