Definition
Archaic past tense or past participle of 'confess,' or an archaic/poetic form meaning 'confessed' or 'acknowledged.'
Etymology
From Old English and Middle English forms of confess; confest is the past tense that was sometimes used before 'confessed' became standard. It survives in archaic and poetic texts.
Kelly Says
Confest appears in Shakespeare ('some secret cause doth push my confest sorrow into extremity')—when you see archaic past tenses like this, you're actually watching English spelling before standardization, when writers spelled phonetically.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ምክንያት ሰጠ
mik-nyat sete
ARالعربية
اعترف
i-a-ta-raf
CACatalà
va declarar
va de-kla-rar
CSČeština
přiznal
pri-znal
DADansk
bekendtgjort
be-kend-t-jort
DEDeutsch
gestanden
ge-shta-den
ELΕλληνικά
εξομολογήθηκε
ef-zo-mo-lo-ghi-the
ESEspañol
confesó
kon-fɛ-so
FAفارسی
اقرار کرد
i-qarrar kard
FISuomi
myöntänyt
mjön-tänyt
FRFrançais
confessé
kon-fɛ-se
HIहिन्दी
स्वीकार किया
svee-kaar kee-ya
HUMagyar
bevallta
be-val-ta
IDBahasa Indonesia
akui
a-kue
ITItaliano
confessato
kon-fɛ-sa-to
KKKK
и itiraf etti
i-ti-raf et-ti
KO한국어
고백했습니다
go-baek-haem-ni-da
MRMR
स्वीकारले
swee-kaar-le
MSBahasa Melayu
mengaku
a-ng-ku-mu
MYမြန်မာ
ကျွန်တော်က ပြောပြော
kyun-tauk ka pyau pyau
NLNederlands
beken
be-ken
NONorsk
bekjentgjørt
be-kjen-t-jørt
PLPolski
przyznał się
pri-znał sie
PTPortuguês
confessou
kon-fe-sou
RORomână
a mărturisit
a ma-r-tu-ri-sit
RUРусский
признался
priznalis
SVSvenska
bekännat
be-kan-nat
SWKiswahili
kubali
ku-ba-li
TAதமிழ்
ஒப்புக்கொண்டார்
oppu-kko-n-daar
TEతెలుగు
स्वీకరించాడు
swee-kari-n-chaadu
TRTürkçe
itiraf etti
i-ti-raf et-ti
UKУкраїнська
признався
priznavsya
URاردو
اقرار کیا
i-qarrar kee-ya
VITiếng Việt
thừa nhận
thua nhan