All 4 Uses of
confide
in
Lucky, by Sebold
- He confided that he owned a women's clothing store in Utica, and had to go down often to look in on it.†
Chpt 10 *confided = placed trust (in someone) by talking about private things
- "That's why I stopped you here," Murphy confided.†
Chpt 11
- It had been a long, good day for John Murphy, and, as my father confided on the airplane, Murphy could really pack the drinks away.†
Chpt 11
- "Wow," they would confide, "I never thought you, I mean, you know."†
Chpt Aft.confide = place 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."