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con·fid·ing 
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| trustful; credulous or unsuspicious: a confiding nature. |
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confiding
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con·fide
Audio Help [kuhn-fahyd] Pronunciation Key verb, -fid·ed, -fid·ing.
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Audio Help [kuhn-fahyd] Pronunciation Key verb, -fid·ed, -fid·ing. –verb (used without object)
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| 1. | to impart secrets trustfully; discuss private matters or problems (usually fol. by in): She confides in no one but her husband. |
| 2. | to have full trust; have faith: They confided in their own ability. |
| 3. | to tell in assurance of secrecy: He confided all his plans to her. |
| 4. | to entrust; commit to the charge or knowledge of another: She confided her jewelry to her sister. |
[Origin: 1625–35; < L confīdere, equiv. to con- con- + fīdere to trust, akin to foedus; see confederate, fidelity]
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con·fid·er, noun
—Synonyms 3. disclose, reveal, divulge, impart.
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| con·fide
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v. con·fid·ed, con·fid·ing, con·fides v. tr.
v. intr. To disclose private matters in confidence: He knew he could confide in his parents. See Synonyms at commit. [Middle English, to rely on, from Old French confider, from Latin cōnfīdere : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + fīdere, to trust; see bheidh- in Indo-European roots.] con·fid'er n. |
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| con·fid·ing
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adj. Having a tendency to confide; trusting. con·fid'ing·ly adv., con·fid'ing·ness n. |
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| confiding | |
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| willing to entrust personal matters; "first she was suspicious, then she became confiding" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
conˈfiding adjective
trustful
See also: confide, confidence, confident, confidential, confidentially, in confidence, "confiding" in any language
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Confiding
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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