CONFIDING
confiding
(adjective) willing to entrust personal matters; “first she was suspicious, then she became confiding”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
confiding
present participle of confide
Adjective
confiding (comparative more confiding, superlative most confiding)
Having or showing confidence or trust in another person.
In confidence; as if with trust.
(Birding) Of a bird, allowing the close approach of humans.
Noun
confiding (plural confidings)
The telling of something in confidence.
Source: Wiktionary
Con*fid"ing, a.
Definition: That confides; trustful; unsuspicious.
– Con*fid"ing*ly, adv.
– Con*fid"ing*ness, n.
CONFIDE
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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