different between diffide vs diffine

English

Latin diffido (“I distrust”)

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..."

diffide f

diff?de

diffine (third-person singular simple present diffines, present participle diffining, simple past and past participle diffined)

Obsolete form of define.
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