Hypertext Webster Gateway: "confide"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Confide \Con*fide"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Confided}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Confiding}.] [L. confidere; con- + fidere to trust.
See {Faith}, and cf. {Affiance}.]
To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; -- usually
followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers.
By thy command I rise or fall, In thy protection I
confide. --Byron.
Judge before friendships, then confide till death.
--Young.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Confide \Con*fide"\, v. t.
To intrust; to give in charge; to commit to one's keeping; --
followed by to.
Congress may . . . confide to the Circuit jurisdiction
of all offenses against the United States. --Story.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
confide
v 1: reveal in private; tell confidentially
2: To confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with
the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God" [syn: {entrust},
{intrust}, {trust}, {commit}]
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