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Confide

//kənˈfaɪd// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To trust, have faith (in). archaic, intransitive

    ""Be calm, lovely Antonia!" he replied; "no danger in near you: confide in my protection.""

  2. 2
    reveal in private; tell confidentially wordnet
  3. 3
    To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone. dated, transitive

    "I confide this mission to you alone."

  4. 4
    confer a trust upon wordnet
  5. 5
    To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with. intransitive

    "I could no longer keep this secret alone; I decided to confide in my brother."

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  1. 6
    To say (something) in confidence. intransitive, transitive

    "After several drinks, I confided my problems to the barman."

Etymology

From Middle Scots confide, confyde (“to put trust in”), from Latin confīdere (“to put trust in, have confidence in”), from con- (“together”) + fidēre (“to trust”). First attested in English use in the early 17th century. Doublet of faith and fidelity.

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