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Definition
to place trust (in someone) by talking about private things or telling secrets
- I do not know whether I ever before mentioned to you my feelings on this subject; but I will not leave the country without confiding them, and I trust you will not esteem them unreasonable.Chapter 21 (56% in)
- If your abhorrence of me should make my assertions valueless, you cannot be prevented by the same cause from confiding in my cousin; and that there may be the possibility of consulting him, I shall endeavour to find some opportunity of putting this letter in your hands in the course of the morning.Chapter 35 (99% in)
- The motive professed was his conviction of its being owing to himself that Wickham's worthlessness had not been so well known as to make it impossible for any young woman of character to love or confide in him.Chapter 52 (11% in)
There are no more uses of "confide" in Pride and Prejudice.
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