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diffide, v. Now rare.|dɪˈfaɪd|
[f. L. diffīdĕre to distrust, be distrustful, f. dif-, dis- + fīdĕre to trust. Cf. defy v.1 sense 7.]
intr. To want faith or confidence; to have or feel distrust; to diffide in († of), to distrust. (The opposite of confide.)
1532Bonner Let. in Burnet Hist. Ref. II. 180, I diffided in the justness of the matter. c1565Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (1728) 55 Never diffiding of good fortune. 1606J. Hind Eliosto Libidinoso 30, I..wish thee not to diffide. 1624Fisher in F. White Repl. Fisher 115 Not to seeme to diffide..of your Maiesties iudgement. 1697Dryden æneid xi. 636 If in your arms thus early you diffide. a1806C. J. Fox Reign James II (1808) 32 With regard to facts remote..wise men generally diffide in their own judgment. 1829J. Donovan Catech. Council of Trent (1855) 517 And diffiding entirely in ourselves, we shall seek refuge..in the mercy of God. 1845R. W. Hamilton Pop. Educ. i. 7 We speak not now of certain affirmed calculations. We diffide in them.
†b. with clause. Obs.
1647H. More Cupid's Conflict lxxvii, To..diffide Whether our reasons eye be clear enough. a1713T. Ellwood Autobiog. (1885) 257 Which of us can now diffide That God will us defend?
†c. trans. To distrust, doubt. Obs.
1678R. Barclay Apol. Quakers ii. §14. 62 So would I not have any reject or diffide the Certainty of that Unerring Spirit. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 779 Alwaies fluctuating about them [Incorporeals] and diffiding them. 1686A. Horneck Crucif. Jesus xxii. 658 How basely hast thou diffided this providence!
Hence diˈffiding vbl. n., distrusting.
1657G. Starkey Helmont's Vind. 149 It is a great diffiding in God's mercy. |