confided (verb)

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• confide — [[t]kənfa͟ɪd[/t]] confides, confiding, confided VERB If you confide in someone, you tell them a secret. [V in n] I knew she had some fundamental problems in her marriage because she had confided in me a year earlier... [V to n that] He confided… …   English dictionary

• confide — verb (T) 1 to tell someone you trust about personal things that you do not want other people to know: confide to sb that: He confided to his friends that he didn t have much hope for his marriage. 2 formal to give something you value to someone… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• commit — verb (committed; committing) Etymology: Middle English committen, from Anglo French committer, from Latin committere to connect, entrust, from com + mittere to send Date: 14th century transitive verb 1 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• confide — verb (confided; confiding) Etymology: Middle English (Scots), from Latin confidere, from com + fidere to trust more at bide Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to have confidence ; trust 2. to show confide …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• feather one's nest — verb enrich oneself by taking advantage of one s position The congressmen feathered his nest through his connection with big business • Hypernyms: ↑enrich • Verb Frames: Somebody s somebody * * * phrasal : to provide for oneself especially… …   Useful english dictionary

• divulge — verb a) To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; said of that which had been confided as a secret, or had been before unknown; as, to divulge a secret. b) To… …   Wiktionary

• confide — verb 1) he confided his fears to his mother Syn: reveal, disclose, divulge, lay bare, betray, impart, declare, intimate, uncover, expose, vouchsafe, tell; confess, admit, give away; informal blab, spill 2) …   Thesaurus of popular words

• confide */ — UK [kənˈfaɪd] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms confide : present tense I/you/we/they confide he/she/it confides present participle confiding past tense confided past participle confided to tell someone a secret or discuss your… …   English dictionary

• con|fid´er — con|fide «kuhn FYD», verb, fid|ed, fid|ing. –v.t. 1. to tell as a secret: »He confided his troubles to his brother. 2. to give to another to keep safe; hand over: »She confides her baby to the day nursery while she is at work. The collection …   Useful english dictionary

• con|fide — «kuhn FYD», verb, fid|ed, fid|ing. –v.t. 1. to tell as a secret: »He confided his troubles to his brother. 2. to give to another to keep safe; hand over: »She confides her baby to the day nursery while she is at work. The collection …   Useful english dictionary

• List of self-contradicting words in English — This is a list of self contradicting English words that is, words which in and of themselves have two or more generally accepted meanings in the English language that directly or generally contradict each other. Such words are also known as auto… …   Wikipedia