• assured, to be or feel: confīdo, fīsus, 3: I feel a. that he will not abandon his duty, confido illum fore in officio, Cic. Phr.: be a. that you yourself are not mortal, but this body only, sic habeto, non esse te mortalem sed corpus hoc, Cic.: I feel a. that he will not reject my favour, mihi persuadetur eum gratiam meam non repudiaturum, Caes.: I would wish you to be a. that I will not fail to promote your designs on every occasion, velim tibi ita persuadeas, me tuis consiliis nullo loco defuturum, Cic.: I feel a. that he has done nothing, mihi exploratum est, nihil eum fecisse, Cic.: be a. of this, that I will do everything that I may think is for your interest, illud cave dubites quin ego omnia faciam quae interesse tua existimem, Cic.