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to place trust (in someone) by talking about private things or telling secrets
- I stayed with him all the evening, and it was on that occasion, to explain the emotion which he had shown, that he confided to my keeping that narrative which I read to you when first I came.Chapter 2 — The Curse of the Baskervilles (90% in)
- "In doing so," said Dr. Mortimer, who had begun to show signs of some strong emotion, "I am telling that which I have not confided to anyone.Chapter 2 — The Curse of the Baskervilles (77% in)
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