confide

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to reveal in private

   tell confidentially

2. 2
   verb

   To trust, have faith (in).

   "Be calm, lovely Antonia!" he replied; "no danger in near you: confide in my protection."

3. 3
   verb

   To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone.

   I confide this mission to you alone.

4. 4
   verb

   To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with.

   I could no longer keep this secret alone; I decided to confide in my brother.

5. 5
   verb

   To say (something) in confidence.

   After several drinks, I confided my problems to the barman.

6. 6
   verb

   to confer a trust upon

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.