English Explanatory Dictionary

confide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To trust, have faith (in).
  2. To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone.
  3. To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with.
  4. To say (something) in confidence.

Pronunciation

/kənˈfaɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-confide.wav

Word forms

confide confides confiding confided

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.

Related words

confidant confidante confidence confident confidential overconfident

Derived words

confidable confidee confide in confider confiding misconfide reconfide unconfided
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