Dictionary entry

Confide

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.