All 10 Uses of
confide
in
The Ramayana
- Go forth, O happy in the love Of all the Gods below, above; And in those guardian powers confide Thy paths who keep, thy steps who guide.†
Book 2 *confide = place trust (in someone) by talking about private things
- Do thou, my lord, his will obey For whom thou losest royal sway, To whom thou wouldst thy wife confide— Not me, but thee, his wish may guide.†
Book 2
- So let me in thy grace confide And live hereafter single-eyed.†
Book 2
- He hastened to his trusted friend His darling to confide, And through the wood his steps to bend By strong Ja?†
Book 3
- In your brave hearts and might confide, And cast ignoble fear aside.†
Book 3
- No more in force of arms confide: That haughty strength, that power and pride My hero with his arrowy rain From all thy bleeding limbs will drain.†
Book 3
- I bade her in thy strength confide, And thus with tender words replied: "No giant roams the forest shade From whom thy lord need shrink dismayed.†
Book 3
- Come, in my strength and care confide, And sit in joy by Ráma's side.†
Book 5
- Deep in the scriptures, trained and tried, Still in thy friends wilt thou confide.†
Book 6
- Still in his friendship I confide; But ponder, wisest, and decide.†
Book 6
Definition:
to place trust (in someone) by talking about private things or telling secrets