All 3 Uses of
confide
in
The Mill on the Floss
- First, he thought he must have an interview with Maggie, and entreat her to confide in him; then, again, he distrusted his own interference.†
Chpt 6.13 *confide = place trust (in someone) by talking about private things
- She remembered the momentary feeling of reliance that had sprung in her when he was talking with her, and she waited with yearning expectation for the opportunity of confiding everything to him.†
Chpt 7.2confiding = placing trust (in someone) by talking about private things
- But perhaps I am wrong; perhaps I feel about you as the artist does about the scene over which his soul has brooded with love; he would tremble to see it confided to other hands; he would never believe that it could bear for another all the meaning and the beauty it bears for him.†
Chpt 7.3confided = placed trust (in someone) by talking about private things
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."