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con·fide

 (kən-fīd′)
v. con·fid·ed, con·fid·ing, con·fides
v.tr.
1. To tell (something) in confidence: confided a secret to his friend.
2. To give as a responsibility or put into another's care: confided the task of drafting the report to her assistant.
v.intr.
To disclose private matters in confidence: He knew he could confide in his parents.

[Middle English, to rely on, from Old French confider, from Latin cōnfīdere : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + fīdere, to trust; see bheidh- in Indo-European roots.]

con·fid′er n.
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confide

(kənˈfaɪd)
vb
1. (usually foll by: in; when tr, may take a clause as object) to disclose (secret or personal matters) in confidence (to); reveal in private (to)
2. (foll by: in) to have complete trust
3. (tr) to entrust into another's keeping
[C15: from Latin confīdere, from fīdere to trust; related to Latin foedus treaty]
conˈfider n
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con•fide

(kənˈfaɪd)

v. -fid•ed, -fid•ing. v.i.
1. to discuss private matters or problems (usu. fol. by in).
2. to have full trust; have faith.
v.t.
3. to tell in assurance of secrecy.
4. to entrust to the charge or knowledge of another.
[1625–35; < Latin confīdere=con- con- + fīdere to trust, akin to foedus]
con•fid′er, n.
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confide


Past participle: confided
Gerund: confiding

Imperative
confide
confide
Present
I confide
you confide
he/she/it confides
we confide
you confide
they confide
Preterite
I confided
you confided
he/she/it confided
we confided
you confided
they confided
Present Continuous
I am confiding
you are confiding
he/she/it is confiding
we are confiding
you are confiding
they are confiding
Present Perfect
I have confided
you have confided
he/she/it has confided
we have confided
you have confided
they have confided
Past Continuous
I was confiding
you were confiding
he/she/it was confiding
we were confiding
you were confiding
they were confiding
Past Perfect
I had confided
you had confided
he/she/it had confided
we had confided
you had confided
they had confided
Future
I will confide
you will confide
he/she/it will confide
we will confide
you will confide
they will confide
Future Perfect
I will have confided
you will have confided
he/she/it will have confided
we will have confided
you will have confided
they will have confided
Future Continuous
I will be confiding
you will be confiding
he/she/it will be confiding
we will be confiding
you will be confiding
they will be confiding
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been confiding
you have been confiding
he/she/it has been confiding
we have been confiding
you have been confiding
they have been confiding
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been confiding
you will have been confiding
he/she/it will have been confiding
we will have been confiding
you will have been confiding
they will have been confiding
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been confiding
you had been confiding
he/she/it had been confiding
we had been confiding
you had been confiding
they had been confiding
Conditional
I would confide
you would confide
he/she/it would confide
we would confide
you would confide
they would confide
Past Conditional
I would have confided
you would have confided
he/she/it would have confided
we would have confided
you would have confided
they would have confided
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.confide - reveal in private; tell confidentially
disclose, let on, divulge, expose, give away, let out, reveal, unwrap, discover, bring out, break - make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"
unbosom, relieve - relieve oneself of troubling information
2.confide - confer a trust uponconfide - confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
commend - give to in charge; "I commend my children to you"
hand, pass on, turn over, pass, reach, give - place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
consign, charge - give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage"
recommit - commit again; "It was recommitted into her custody"
obligate - commit in order to fulfill an obligation; "obligate money"
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confide

verb tell, admit, reveal, confess, whisper, disclose, impart, divulge, breathe He confided his worries to me.
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confide

verb
1. To tell in confidence:
2. To put in the charge of another for care, use, or performance:
Idiom: give in trust.
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Translations
svěřit
betro
bizalmasan közöl
trúa fyrir
išpasakotiišsipasakotikaip paslaptįkonfidencialiaikonfidencialumas
uzticētuzticēties
zdôveriť sa
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confide

[kənˈfaɪd]
A. VT (= tell) [+ secret] → confiar
he confided to me thatme confió que ..., me dijo en confianza que ...
to confide sth to sbconfiar algo a algn, contar algo en confianza a algn
B. VI
1. (= trust) to confide in sbconfiarse a algn, hacer confidencias a algn
please confide in mepuedes fiarte de mí
2. (= tell secrets) to confide in sbconfiarse a algn
to confide in or to sb thatconfiar a algn que ..., confesar a algn en secreto que ...
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confide

[kənˈfaɪd]
vtconfier
to confide sth to sb → confier qch à qn
to confide that ... → confier que ..., avouer en confidence que ...
vi
to confide in sb → s'ouvrir à qn, se confier à qn
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confide

vtanvertrauen (to sb jdm)
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confide

[kənˈfaɪd]
1. vtconfidare
2. vi to confide in sb (about sth)confidarsi con qn (su qc)
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confide

(kənˈfaid) verb
to tell one's private thoughts to someone. He confided in his brother; He confided his fears to his brother.
confidence (ˈkonfidəns) noun
1. trust or belief in someone's ability. I have great confidence in you.
2. belief and faith in one's own ability. She shows a great deal of confidence for her age.
confident (ˈkonfidənt) adjective
having a great deal of trust (especially in oneself). She is confident that she will win; a confident boy.
confidential (konfiˈdenʃəl) adjective
1. secret; not to be told to others. confidential information.
2. trusted to keep secrets. a confidential secretary.
confidentiality (ˈkonfidenʃiˈӕləti) noun
ˌconfiˈdentially adverb
secretly; not wishing to have the information passed on to anyone else. She could not tell me what he said – he was speaking confidentially.
conˈfiding adjective
trustful.
conˈfidingly adverb
in confidence
as a secret; confidentially. He told me the story in (strictest) confidence.
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References in classic literature ?
She staid but half an hour and neither in the Course of her Visit, confided to me any of her secret thoughts, nor requested me to confide in her, any of Mine.
Who is likely to make suitable provisions for the public defense, as that body to which the guardianship of the public safety is confided; which, as the centre of information, will best understand the extent and urgency of the dangers that threaten; as the representative of the WHOLE, will feel itself most deeply interested in the preservation of every part; which, from the responsibility implied in the duty assigned to it, will be most sensibly impressed with the necessity of proper exertions; and which, by the extension of its authority throughout the States, can alone establish uniformity and concert in the plans and measures by which the common safety is to be secured?
I believe that the Spirit of God led my steps to thee and that he also enables me to quit thee in triumph; the secret cause of my presence within thy walls I have confided alone to him who only has had the power to read my heart.
And this you will realise when I tell you the funny little story which she presently confided to me as the cause of her tears.
She has never confided it to me, but I suspect it.'
One of her conditions was that she should come and see me twice a week; for, as I had the honor to tell you, my wife loves me dearly--my wife, then, came and confided to me that the queen at that very moment entertained great fears."
In the second place, he never hinted at the circumstances under which Cecilia's letter had been confided to the gentleman who had left it at her door.
Filled with this affectionate and touching sorrow, he had solemnly confided her to his son Sampson as an invaluable auxiliary; and from the old gentleman's decease to the period of which we treat, Miss Sally Brass had been the prop and pillar of his business.
Herbert had told me on former occasions, and now reminded me, that he first knew Miss Clara Barley when she was completing her education at an establishment at Hammersmith, and that on her being recalled home to nurse her father, he and she had confided their affection to the motherly Mrs.
The erudite gentleman in whom I confided congealed before I was half through!--it is all that saved him from exploding--and my dreams of an Honorary Fellowship, gold medals, and a niche in the Hall of Fame faded into the thin, cold air of his arctic atmosphere.
"Because they have but fulfilled the mission confided to them by Queen Henrietta and we have betrayed that confided to us by Mazarin; because, going hence as emissaries to Cromwell, we became partisans of King Charles; because, instead of helping cut off the royal head condemned by those fellows called Mazarin, Cromwell, Joyce, Bridge, Fairfax, etc., we very nearly succeeded in saving it."
"Gentlemen," said Athos, "you forget that last night the general confided to me a deposit over which I am bound to watch.