confide Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb reveal in private; tell confidentially
  2. verb confer a trust upon
    entrust; trust; intrust; commit.
    • The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret
    • I commit my soul to God

WordNet

Con*fide" intransitive verb
Etymology
L. confidere; con- + fidere to trust. See Faith, and cf. Affiance.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Confided; present participle & verbal noun Confiding
Definitions
  1. To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; -- usually followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers.
    By thy command I rise or fall, In thy protection I confide. Byron.
    Judge before friendships, then confide till death. Young.
Con*fide" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To intrust; to give in charge; to commit to one's keeping; -- followed by to.
    Congress may . . . confide to the Circuit jurisdiction of all offenses against the United States. Story.

Webster 1913