Confide \Con*fide"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Confided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confiding}.] [L. confidere; con- + fidere to trust. See {Faith}, and cf. {Affiance}.] 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.
Confide \Con*fide"\, v. t. 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.
With a sincere look, the owner will confide that the business really makes a lot more money than what is shown on the statements, but he or she wants to keep taxes down so not everything gets reported.
Senior administration officials confide that similar feelings are shared privately in the executive branch, even though formal policy pronouncements are much calmer.
Dunn agrees to this extent: presidents who want support when their decisions go sour had better confide in advisers in advance.
Some contestants were reluctant to confide their game plans before the main event.
Arnolphe, being his chief rival, is of course the one person in whom Horace should not confide.
He urges school districts to train all the adults _ not just teachers and counselors _ to recognize signs of trouble, since students sometimes decide to confide in a sympathetic cafeteria worker or bus driver.
"But I mean, I didn't do it." And for all her genuine wish to confide, Bonnie doesn't give much away either.