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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. reveal in private; tell confidentially;

2. confer a trust upon;
- Example: "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"
- Example: "I commit my soul to God"
[syn: entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] By thy command I rise or fall, In thy protection I confide. --Byron. [1913 Webster] Judge before friendships, then confide till death. --Young. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Confide \Con*fide"\, v. t. To intrust; to give in charge; to commit to one's keeping; -- followed by to. [1913 Webster] Congress may . . . confide to the Circuit jurisdiction of all offenses against the United States. --Story. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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" [syn: entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit]