confide

== English == === Etymology === From Middle Scots confide, confyde (“to put trust in”), from Latin confīdere (“to put trust in, have confidence in”), from con- (“together”) + fidēre (“to trust”). First attested in English use in the early 17th century. Doublet of faith and fidelity. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kənˈfaɪd/ Rhymes: -aɪd === Verb === confide (third-person singular simple present confides, present participle confiding, simple past and past participle confided) (intransitive, now rare) To trust, have faith (in). (transitive, dated) To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone. (intransitive, with in) To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with. (transitive, intransitive) To say (something) in confidence. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “confide”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “confide”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Latin == === Verb === cōnfīde second-person singular present active imperative of cōnfīdō