| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| confide |
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| SYLLABICATION: | con·fide |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k n-f d |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: con·fid·ed, con·fid·ing, con·fides
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To tell (something) in confidence: confided a secret to his friend. 2. To give as a responsibility or put into another's care; entrust: confided the task of drafting the report to her assistant. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To disclose private matters in confidence: He knew he could confide in his parents. See synonyms at commit. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, to rely on, from Old French confider, from Latin c nfdere : com-, intensive pref.; see com– + fdere, to trust; see bheidh- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | con·fider —NOUN
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