Confixed vs Confided - What's the difference?
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(confix)
(linguistics) An affix consisting of a prefix and suffix affixed simultaneously to the root
*{{quote-book, 2005, Elizabeth Zeitoun, The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar, chapter=Tsou
, passage=As is demonstrated by m-as-ku, tens are derived from the confix m- ... -hu. }}
(linguistics, rare) An affix which is not divided, and which does not divide a root: thus, a prefix, suffix, or interfix
*{{quote-book, 1982, & Philip Luelsdorff, Towards a Language of Linguistics, url=, page=84
, passage=22. A PREFIX: a confix which precedes a root.}}
(obsolete) To make firm; to fix in a particular place or state
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(confide)
To trust, have faith (in ).
* 1796 , Matthew Lewis, The Monk , Folio Society 1985, p. 269:
* 1818 , Mary Shelley, Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus , Everyman's Library 1973, p. 10:
* Byron
(dated) To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone.
To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with. ( + in )
(intransitive) To say (something) in confidence.
As verbs the difference between confixed and confided
is that confixed is past tense of confix while confided is past tense of confide.confixed
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(head)confix
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(wikipedia confix)Noun
(es)citation
Synonyms
*(prefix-suffix unit) circumfix, ambifixCoordinate terms
*(affixes)Verb
(es)confided
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Verb
(head)confide
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Verb
(en-verb)- "Be calm, lovely Antonia!" he replied; "no danger in near you: confide in my protection."
- "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."
- In thy protection I confide .
- I confide this mission to you alone.
- I could no longer keep this secret alone; I decided to confide in my brother.
- After several drinks, I confided my problems to the barman.
- She confided that her marriage had been in trouble for some time.