All 3 Uses of
confide
in
Lonesome Dove
- Dish Boggett grew increasingly worried and took to confiding in Newt now and then.†
Chpt 60-61 *confiding = placing trust (in someone) by talking about private things
- The Spettle boys, who were slowly becoming more talkative, confided in Newt that they would run away and go home if they weren't afraid of getting lost.†
Chpt 62-63confided = placed trust (in someone) by talking about private things
- "The problem with cowboys is all the time it takes to get their boots off," she confided, as she was unbuttoning his pants.†
Chpt 85-86
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."