Definitions for confide
kənˈfaɪdcon·fide

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. confideverb

   reveal in private; tell confidentially

2. entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commitverb

   confer a trust upon

   "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. confideverb

   To trust, have faith (in).

2. confideverb

   To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone.

   I confide this mission to you alone.

3. confideverb

   To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with. ( + in)

   I could no longer keep this secret alone; I decided to confide in my brother.

4. confideverb

   To say (something) in confidence.

5. Etymology: From confido, from con- + fido; see faith, fidelity.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To CONFIDEverb

   To trust in; to put trust in.

   Etymology: confido, Latin.

   He alone won’t betray, in whom none will confide. William Congreve.

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1. Confide

   Confide is an encrypted instant messaging application for most major operating systems. It was first released in 2013, on iOS, and is known for its self-destructing messaging system that deletes messages immediately after reading. The platform offers both free and paid features for individuals and businesses. In 2017, the news outlet Axios reported that it had gained popularity among, “numerous senior GOP operatives and several members of the Trump administration.” After receiving more media attention, there were concerns about the security of the app, as it is closed source and an independent review by Kudelski Security indicated it may use an older, less secure version of OpenSSL. The app's first full security audit found multiple critical vulnerabilities including impersonating another user by hijacking an account session or by guessing a password, learning the contact details of Confide users, becoming an intermediary in a conversation and decrypting messages, and potentially altering the contents of a message or attachment in transit without first decrypting it. WIRED reported that the encryption in Confide was based on the "PGP standard," and used Transport Layer Security.In January 2018, Confide, Inc. developers announced their newly developed ScreenShieldKit SDK (Software Development Kit) which was originally intended only for the Confide application. The API allows developers to incorporate the same screenshot-proof functionality of Confide into their own applications by simply importing the SDK replacing UITextView and UIImageView – two commonly used iOS development components used to display data to end users. The SDK prevents screenshots by blanking out the data and supports protection from a variety of capture methods including screenshots, screen recordings, screen mirrorings, and even screenshots from Apple's Xcode (the main development platform for iOS).Confide was referred to as an application that was used during communications between an accuser and a boss during the scandal surrounding the then governor in New York in 2021.

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1. confide

   To confide is to trust or reveal private or confidential information to someone, typically under an assumption or expectation of secrecy and discretion. It involves sharing personal feelings, thoughts, experiences, or secrets with another person, often as a means of seeking comfort, advice, or reassurance.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Confideverb

   to put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; -- usually followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers

2. Confideverb

   to intrust; to give in charge; to commit to one's keeping; -- followed by to

3. Etymology: [L. confidere; con- + fidere to trust. See Faith, and cf. Affiance.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Confide

   kon-fīd′, v.i. to trust wholly or have faith (with in): to rely.—v.t. to entrust, or commit to the charge of.—ns. Confidant′, one confided in or entrusted with secrets: a bosom-friend:—fem. Confidante′; Con′fidence, firm trust or belief: faith: self-reliance: firmness: boldness: presumption; Con′fidency.—adj. Con′fident, trusting firmly: having full belief: positive: bold.—n. a confidential friend.—adj. Confiden′tial, (given) in confidence: admitted to confidence: private.—advs. Confiden′tially; Con′fidently.—n. Confid′er, one who confides.—adj. Confid′ing, trustful.—adv. Confid′ingly.—n. Confid′ingness.—Confidence trick, a swindler's trick, whereby a person is induced to hand over money as a mark of confidence in the swindler; Confidant person, in Scots law, a confidential person, partner, agent, &c. [L. confidĕre—con, sig. completeness, and fidĕre, to trust.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of confide in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of confide in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of confide in a Sentence

1. Bruno Grollemund:

   This is particularly important for midwives and pediatric nurses who are the medical staff in whom parents confide most readily, if full use is made of these teams and careful attention is paid to the child as a unique being, the parents will feel less isolated, and will be in a better position to reach the decisions that will affect their future.

2. Popstar Demi Lovato:

   I have a younger, young adult fan base, and so yes, it will reach a lot of younger people, but I’ve also had some of my fans’ parents tell me and confide in me, or even people who don’t have young kids, they’ve told me that my book has helped them, or speaking out has really helped them as well.

3. Rudyard Kipling:

   For undemocratic reasons and for motives not of State, they arrive at their conclusions -- largely inarticulate. Being void of self-expression they confide their views to none; but sometimes in a smoking room, one learns why things were done.

4. Albert Camus:

   We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.

5. Robert Hall:

   A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=confide
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Confide
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=confide
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confide
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confide
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=confide