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  • 31confess — [14] Confess comes from Latin confitērī ‘acknowledge’. This was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com and fatērī ‘admit’ (a relative of English fable, fame, and fate). Its past participle was confessus, and this was taken as the… …

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  • 32Confess (film) — Confess Directed by Stefan Schaefer Produced by Ben Odell Jonathan Stern …

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  • 33confess, admit — Confess means to declare, own, or admit as true and is closely related in meaning to grant and concede. When one confesses some crime or wrongdoing, he admits it and also accepts responsibility for the soundness of that admission. I confess that… …

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  • 34confess vs confuse —   Confess is a verb. It is used when someone admits or states that they have committed a crime or are at fault in some way.   For example: She refused to confess to something she had not done.   Confuse is a verb. It is used when someone causes… …

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  • 35confess vs confuse —   Confess is a verb. It is used when someone admits or states that they have committed a crime or are at fault in some way.   For example: She refused to confess to something she had not done.   Confuse is a verb. It is used when someone causes… …

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  • 36Confess (song) — Confess is a popular song written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss. The song figures in the early careers of two important female singers: In 1947, Doris Day was making a transition from a Big band singer, most recently with Les Brown,… …

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  • 37Confess (disambiguation) — To confess is to admit one s guilt. Confess may also refer to: Confess (film), a 2005 thriller film Confess (song), a 1948 vocal duet See also Confession (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title …

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  • 38confess and be hanged — 1589 ‘MISOPHONUS’ De Caede Gallorum Regis A2v Confesse and be hangede man In English some saie. 1604 SHAKESPEARE Othello IV. i. 37 Handkerchief confessions handkerchief! To confess, and be hanged for his labour. 1672 MARVELL Rehearsal Transprosed …

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  • 39confess to/that — admit to a crime or wrongdoing. → confess …

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  • 40confess — Synonyms and related words: absolve, accept, account for, accredit with, accrete to, acknowledge, administer absolution, administer extreme unction, admit, admit everything, affirm, agree provisionally, allow, apply to, ascribe to, assent… …

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