All 4 Uses of
confide
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Yet the matter was so delicate that I could not confide it to an agent without putting myself in his power.†
Chpt 1 *confide = place trust (in someone) by talking about private things
- It was from the reigning family of Holland, though the matter in which I served them was of such delicacy that I cannot confide it even to you, who have been good enough to chronicle one or two of my little problems.†
Chpt 3
- Knowing that my wife would be terribly anxious, I slipped off my ring and confided it to the Lascar at a moment when no constable was watching me, together with a hurried scrawl, telling her that she had no cause to fear.†
Chpt 6confided = placed trust (in someone) by talking about private things
- My heart is lightened already since I have confided my trouble to you.†
Chpt 8
Definitions:
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(1)
(confide) to place trust (in someone) by talking about private things or telling secrets
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, confide can mean to give trust to someone while giving them something important--such as a responsibility or a valuable item. For example, "I confided the job to her care."