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English Dictionary: confide by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
confide
v
  1. reveal in private; tell confidentially
  2. confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
    Synonym(s): entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit
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.
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