kənˈfīd verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English confiden, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French confider, from Latin confidere, from com- + fidere to trust — more at bide
intransitive verb
1. : to place or have faith : have confidence : trust
we cannot confide wholly in our own powers
2. : to share or impart secrets or intimate matters
a confiding letter
— usually used with in
patients too awed by the doctor to confide in him — Leonard Gross
transitive verb
1. : to tell confidentially
he dared not confide the secret to his family — George Meredith
2. : to give into the care or protection of someone or something : entrust , commit
the defense of our island was still confided to the militia — T.B.Macaulay
do not confide your children to strangers — Mavis Gallant
Synonyms: see commit