Confide

confide
    v 1: reveal in private; tell confidentially
    2: confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the
       general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God" [syn: {entrust},
       {intrust}, {trust}, {confide}, {commit}]
    

Confide \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.
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         By thy command I rise or fall,
         In thy protection I confide.             --Byron.
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         Judge before friendships, then confide till death.
                                                  --Young.
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Confide \Con*fide"\, v. t.
   To intrust; to give in charge; to commit to one's keeping; --
   followed by to.
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         Congress may . . . confide to the Circuit jurisdiction
         of all offenses against the United States. --Story.
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74 Moby Thesaurus words for "confide":
      air, alert, aspire to, assign, bank on, bestow, break it to,
      break the news, breathe, buzz, come out with, commend, commit,
      confide to, consign, count on, delegate, desire, divulgate,
      divulge, enfeoff, entrust, entrust with information, evulgate,
      expect, feel confident, give confidential information,
      give in charge, give in trust, give out, give vent to, hand over,
      harbor the hope, hint, hope, hope against hope, hope and pray,
      hope for, hope in, hope to God, infeudate, insinuate, intimate,
      lean upon, let get around, let in on, let next to, let out,
      live in hopes, make known, mention privately, nurture the hope,
      out with, present, presume, publish, put hep, put next to,
      relegate, rely on, remand, remit, rest assured, reveal, suggest,
      tell, tip, tip off, trust, turn over, utter, vent, ventilate,
      whisper