confide

English

/kənˈfaɪd/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) To trust, have faith (in).
  • (transitive) To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone.
  • (intransitive) To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with. ( + in)
  • (transitive) To say (something) in confidence.

Etymology

Root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (persuade, trust, command, confide with, agree, take trust, be convinced, encourage, constrain).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰeydʰ-

Gloss

persuade, trust, command, confide with, agree, take trust, be convinced, encourage, constrain

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