Both Uses of
confide
in
Howards End
- "I want a house," she confided to the ticket boy.†
Part 3 *confided = placed trust (in someone) by talking about private things
- Terrifying him, it would beat down his suspicions and prudence until he was confiding secrets to people whom he had scarcely seen.†
Part 14confiding = placing 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."