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To confide is to trust someone enough to tell your secrets, worries or thoughts.

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An example of confide is when you confess your secret crush to a friend.

See confide in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb confided, confiding

to trust (in someone), esp. by sharing secrets or discussing private affairs

Origin: L confidere < com-, intens. + fidere, to trust: see faith

transitive verb

to tell or talk about as a secret: to confide one's troubles to a friend
to entrust (as a duty, object, or person) to someone

Related Forms:

confider noun

See confide in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb con·fid·ed, con·fid·ing, con·fides

verb, transitive

To tell (something) in confidence: confided a secret to his friend.
To give as a responsibility or put into another's care; entrust: confided the task of drafting the report to her assistant.

verb, intransitive

To disclose private matters in confidence: He knew he could confide in his parents. See Synonyms at commit.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, to rely on

Origin: , from Old French confider

Origin: , from Latin cōnfīdere

Origin: : com-, intensive pref.; see com-

Origin: + fīdere, to trust; see bheidh- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

con·fidˈer noun

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