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Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk.

In confidence; in reliance on secrecy.

Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, a bosom friend.

To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice. [Colloq.]

Intimate; familiar; confidential. League with you I seek And mutual amity, so strait, so close, That I with you must dwell, or you with me. Milton.

To talk or confer secretly and confidentially; to converse, especially with evil intentions; to plot mischief. [Archaic or Colloq.] Pray go in; and, sister, salve the matter, Collogue with her again, and all shall be well. Greene. He had been colloguing with my wife. Thackeray.

whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom friend. You love me for no other end Than to become my confidant and friend; As such I keep no secret from your sight. Dryden.

A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused.

Close in friendship or acquaintance; familiar; confidential; as, an intimate friend.

To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially; as, to lisp treason.

A private friend; a confidential friend; a confidant. [Obs.] Fuller.

e party making it to indictment for libel, -- such as those made by persons communicating confidentially with a government, persons consulted confidentially as to the character of servants, etc. -- Privileged debts (Law), those to which a preference in payment is given out of the estate of a deceased person, or out of…

Private; confidential; familiar. She avoided tête-à-tête walks with him. C. Kingsley.

tter in a low and nonvocal tone; to say under the breath; hence, to mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper. They might buzz and whisper it one to another. Bentley.