Confide

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To tell (something) in confidence: confided a secret to his friend.
  • v. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To trust, have faith (in).
  • v. To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone.
  • v. To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with. ( + in)
  • v. To say (something) in confidence.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; -- usually followed by in.
  • v. To intrust; to give in charge; to commit to one's keeping; -- followed by to.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To have faith; place trust; repose confidence: used absolutely or with in: as, the prince confided in his ministers.
  • To intrust; commit unreservedly to the charge, knowledge, or good faith of: followed by to: as, to confide something valuable to one; to confide a secret to some one; a prince confides a negotiation to his envoy.
  • Synonyms Intrust, Consign, etc. See commit.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. confer a trust upon
  • v. reveal in private; tell confidentially
  • Verb Form
    confided    confides    confiding   
    Form
    confided    confiding   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    trust    intrust    commit    tell   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Clyde    Eid    Hyde    Outside    Pride    Ride    Stateside    abide    allied    alongside