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diffide

diffide verb: to be distrustful.

Verb

diffide

  1. (obsolete) To be distrustful
    • Nor is it sufficient ground to diffide to the strength of this Argument...1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book I, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 22

Origin of diffide

Latin diffido (“to distrust”)

Questions about diffide

What does diffide mean?
Diffide means to be distrustful.
What part of speech is diffide?
Diffide is a verb.

Words near diffide in the dictionary

  1. difficultness
  2. difficults
  3. difficulty
  4. difficulty level
  5. difficulty levels
  6. diffide
  7. diffidence
  8. diffidences
  9. diffidencies
  10. diffidency
  11. diffident

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