confide
1. reveal in private;
tell confidentially (Freq. 6)
• Derivationally related forms:
confidant, confidence
• Hypernyms:
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal,
discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out
• Hyponyms:
unbosom, relieve
• Entailment:
trust, swear, rely, bank
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- Somebody ----s PP
- They confide that there was a traffic accident
2. confer a trust upon (Freq. 1)
- The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret
- I commit my soul to God
• Syn:
entrust, intrust, trust, commit
• Derivationally related forms:
committee (for: commit), confidence, trust (for: trust), trustee (for: trust)
• Hypernyms:
pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
• Hyponyms:
commend, consign, charge, recommit, obligate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
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