Both Uses
confide
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A Bend in the Road
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- In the first two years of their marriage, everything seemed perfect: She and Michael spent hours in bed on the weekends, talking and making love, and he confided in her his dreams of entering politics one day.†
Chpt 2 *confided = placed trust (in someone) by talking about private things
- He lowered his voice, as if confiding a secret.†
Chpt 17confiding = 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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(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."