All 5 Uses of
confide
in
Oliver Twist
- Confide some other passion to me, if you will; I will be the truest, warmest, and most faithful friend you have.'†
Chpt 35 *
- He well remembered the night of old Sally's death, which the occurrences of that day had given him good reason to recollect, as the occasion on which he had proposed to Mrs. Corney; and although that lady had never confided to him the disclosure of which she had been the solitary witness, he had heard enough to know that it related to something that had occurred in the old woman's attendance, as workhouse nurse, upon the young mother of Oliver Twist.†
Chpt 37
- Rose also explained her reasons for not confiding in her friend Mr. Losberne in the first instance.†
Chpt 41
- She remembered that both the crafty Jew and the brutal Sikes had confided to her schemes, which had been hidden from all others: in the full confidence that she was trustworthy and beyond the reach of their suspicion.†
Chpt 44
- He was worn by anxiety and remorse almost to a shadow; talked in a wild, distracted way, of ruin and dishonour worked by himself; confided to me his intention to convert his whole property, at any loss, into money, and, having settled on his wife and you a portion of his recent acquisition, to fly the country—I guessed too well he would not fly alone—and never see it more.†
Chpt 49
Definition:
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(confide) to place trust (in someone) by talking about private things or telling secrets