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1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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.
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         By thy command I rise or fall,
         In thy protection I confide.             --Byron.
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         Judge before friendships, then confide till death.
                                                  --Young.
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3. 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.
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         Congress may . . . confide to the Circuit jurisdiction
         of all offenses against the United States. --Story.
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Thesaurus Results for confide:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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