All 3 Uses of
confide
in
My Antonia
- Even then I noticed the unusual colour of her eyes—a shade of deep violet—and their soft, confiding expression.†
Book 2 *confiding = placing trust (in someone) by talking about private things
- When I overtook them and stopped to say a word, I found them affable and confiding.†
Book 2
- The music seemed to put her into a soft, waking dream, and her violet-coloured eyes looked sleepily and confidingly at one from under her long lashes.†
Book 2
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."