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It was this habit, I suppose, that led me into the account I made her then, a bawdy confession of my own lust, which I had the right to confide to her, and then that which I did not: the news I'd just learned of Anys's sport with my lodger.†
Chpt 3 *

confide = place trust (in someone) by talking about private things
I made the mistake of confiding to him how my father, in a drunken rage, had flung me against the wall when I was about six years old.†
Chpt 8

confiding = placing trust (in someone) by talking about private things
My arms were so tired I could barely clutch the stemples, and as I gulped gratefully at the cool air, I told myself that in our already exhausted state, we would never have succeeded, even if I had confided to Elinor what more I knew.†
Chpt 10

confided = placed trust (in someone) by talking about private things
If I am truly ill, you will be the first person I shall confide in.†
Chpt 13

confide = place trust (in someone) by talking about private things
There was another concern that he did not speak, but Elinor confided it to me.†
Chpt 13

confided = placed trust (in someone) by talking about private things

Definitions:

(1) (confide)
to place trust (in someone) by talking about private things or telling secrets
(2) (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."