Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Confident
confident, adj. [L. confident-em, firmly trusting, reliant, bold, daring, audacious, impudent; see confide, v.] (webplay: boldness, competency, doubt, God, mind, secrets, wavering).
- Sure; positive; not doubting; in possession of knowledge that.
- Bold; resolute; secure; undaunted; certain; self-reliant; self-assured.
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