confide+in
21confide — verb /kənˈfaɪd/ a) To trust, have faith (in). Be calm, lovely Antonia! he replied; no danger in near you: confide in my protection. b) To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone. I confide …
22confide — v. 1) (B) he confided his secret to us 2) (d; intr.) to confide in (she confides in her sister) * * * [kən faɪd] (B) he confided his secret to us (d; intr.) to confide in (she confides in her sister) …
23confide — [kən fʌɪd] verb 1》 (often confide in) tell someone about a secret or private matter in confidence. 2》 (confide something to) dated entrust something to the care of. Derivatives confiding adjective confidingly adverb Origin …
24confide — verb (confided; confiding) Etymology: Middle English (Scots), from Latin confidere, from com + fidere to trust more at bide Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to have confidence ; trust 2. to show confide …
25confide — Synonyms and related words: air, alert, aspire to, assign, bank on, bestow, break it to, break the news, breathe, buzz, come out with, commend, commit, confide to, consign, count on, delegate, desire, divulgate, divulge, enfeoff, entrust, entrust …
26confide — [15] To confide in somebody is literally to ‘put one’s trust or faith’ in them. The word comes from the Latin compound verb confidere, which was formed from the intensive prefix com and fidere ‘trust’. This was a derivative of fides ‘trust’… …
27confide — [[t]kənfa͟ɪd[/t]] confides, confiding, confided VERB If you confide in someone, you tell them a secret. [V in n] I knew she had some fundamental problems in her marriage because she had confided in me a year earlier... [V to n that] He confided… …
28confide in — tell someone about a secret or private matter in confidence. → confide …
29confide — verb 1) he confided his fears to his mother Syn: reveal, disclose, divulge, lay bare, betray, impart, declare, intimate, uncover, expose, vouchsafe, tell; confess, admit, give away; informal blab, spill 2) …
30confide — [c]/kənˈfaɪd / (say kuhn fuyd) verb (confided, confiding) –verb (i) 1. to show trust (in), as by imparting secrets: *women liked to confide in him. –judah waten, 1985. 2. to have full trust: confiding in that parting promise. –verb (t) 3. to tell …
