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That confides; trustful; unsuspicious. -- Con*fid"ing*ly, adv. -- Con*fid"ing*ness, n.

Cleft into ten parts.

To be distrustful. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

The state of being diffident; distrust; want of confidence; doubt of the power, ability, or disposition of others. [Archaic] That affliction grew heavy upon me, and weighed me down even to a diffidence of God's mercy. Donne.

See Diffidence. [Obs.]

Wanting confidence in others; distrustful. [Archaic] You were always extremely diffident of their success. Melmoth.

In a diffident manner. To stand diffidently against each other with their thoughts in battle array. Hobbes.

Divided into twelve parts.

in the inspiration of the Scriptures, and the supernatural origin of Christianity. The infidel writer is a great enemy to society. V. Knox.

istianity. There is, indeed, no doubt but that vanity is one of the principal causes of infidelity. V. Knox.

Having a mistaken confidence; wrongly trusting. [R.] Bp. Hall.

Having many segments; cleft into several parts by linear sinuses; as, a multifid leaf or corolla.

Of no faith; also, not trusting to faith for salvation; -- opposed to Ant: solifidian. Feltham.

Cleft or separated into eight segments, as a calyx.

Excessive confidence; too great reliance or trust.

Confident to excess. -- O"ver*con"fi*dent*ly, adv.

Palmate, with the divisions separated but little more than halfway to the common center.

Cleft in a pedate manner, but having the lobes distinctly connected at the base; -- said of a leaf.

Divided or cleft into five parts.

Guilty of perfidy; violating good faith or vows; false to trust or confidence reposed; teacherous; faithless; as, a perfidious friend. Shak.