All 4 Uses
confide
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Hedda Gabler
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- I know what Thea has confided to you.†
Act 2confided = placed trust (in someone) by talking about private things
- And perhaps you have confided to her something about us?†
Act 2
- [Bends over towards him, without looking him in the face, and says more softly:] But now I will confide something to you†
Act 2confide = place trust (in someone) by talking about private things
- First promise me--give me your word--that what I now confide in you Thea shall never know.
Act 3 *confide = place trust (in someone) and talk 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) 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."