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Verb confides, confiding, confided
confide - reveal in private; tell confidentially
		divulge, let on, unwrap, disclose, reveal, let out, give away, discover, expose, bring out, break make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"
		unbosom, relieve relieve oneself of troubling information
confide - confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
		entrust, intrust, trust, commit
		hand, pass on, reach, turn over, pass, give guide or conduct or usher somewhere; "hand the elderly lady into the taxi"
		commend express approval of
		consign, charge give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage"
		recommit send back to a committee; "The bill was recommitted three times in the House"
		obligate commit in order to fulfill an obligation; "obligate money"

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confide (Verb)
To trust, have faith in.
confide (Verb)
To entrust something to the responsibility of someone.
confide (Verb)
To take someone into one's confidence, to speak in secret with.
confide (Verb)
To say something in confidence.

confide (v. i.)
To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; -- usually followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers.
confide (v. t.)
To intrust; to give in charge; to commit to one's keeping; -- followed by to.

confide
kon-fīd′, v.i. to trust wholly or have faith (with in): to rely.—v.t. to entrust, or commit to the charge of.—ns. Confidant′, one confided in or entrusted with secrets: a bosom-friend:—fem. Confidante′; Con′fidence, firm trust or belief: faith: self-reliance: firmness: boldness: presumption; Con′fidency.—adj. Con′fident, trusting firmly: having full belief: positive: bold.—n. a confidential friend.—adj. Confiden′tial, (given) in confidence: admitted to confidence: private.—advs. Confiden′tially; Con′fidently.—n. Confid′er, one who confides.—adj. Confid′ing, trustful.—adv. Confid′ingly.—n. Confid′ingness.—Confidence trick, a swindler's trick, whereby a person is induced to hand over money as a mark of confidence in the swindler; Confidant person, in Scots law, a confidential person, partner, agent, &c. [L. confidĕre—con, sig. completeness, and fidĕre, to trust.]