Definition of "confide"

confide

/kənˈfaɪd/

verb
third-person singular simple present confides, present participle confiding, simple past and past participle confided
1. (intransitive, now rare) To trust, have faith (in).
  Quotations
  "Be calm, lovely Antonia!" he replied; "no danger in near you: confide in my protection."
  1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society, published 1985, page 269
  I shall do nothing rashly: you know me sufficiently to confide in my prudence and consideration whenever the safety of others is committed to my care.
  1818, [Mary Shelley], chapter II, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, page 16
  In thy protection I confide.
  1807, Lord Byron, The Prayer of Nature
2. (transitive, dated) To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone.
3. (intransitive, with in) To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with.
4. (transitive, intransitive) To say (something) in confidence.