Confide Definition

kən-fīd

confided, confides, confiding

verb

confided, confides, confiding

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

Webster's New World

To tell or talk about as a secret.

To confide one's troubles to a friend.

Webster's New World

To give as a responsibility or put into another's care.

Confided the task of drafting the report to her assistant.

American Heritage

To entrust (as a duty, object, or person) to someone.

Webster's New World

To disclose private matters in confidence.

He knew he could confide in his parents.

American Heritage

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Origin of Confide

Middle English to rely on from Old French confider from Latin cōnfīdere com- intensive pref. com– fīdere to trust bheidh- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin confīdō (“I trust fully, I am assured, confide, rely”), from con- (“together”) + fīdō (“I trust”); see faith, fidelity.

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