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Webster 1913 Edition

Diffide

Dif-fide′

,

Verb.

I.

[L.

diffidere

. See

.]

To be distrustful.

[Obs.]

Dr. H. More.

Webster 1828 Edition

Diffide

DIFFIDE

,

Verb.

I.

[L., to trust.] To distrust; to have no confidence in. [Little used.]

Definition 2024

diffide

diffide

English

Verb

diffide

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

Italian

Noun

diffide f

plural of diffida

Latin

Verb

diffīde

second-person singular present active imperative of diffīdō