All 9 Uses

confide
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
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"I can do these things for your little girl," he confided to Baba, "but they will be money spent on a no-use cause."†
Chpt 3 *

confided = placed trust (in someone) by talking about private things
She leaned forward and confided, "I have already had some interest there.†
Chpt 4
She chatted, whispered, teased, confided, consoled, admired.†
Chpt 6
"No one will come, Miss Lily," Madame Wang confided.†
Chpt 11
Only Uncle—with his baffled look and nervous hopping—elicited any sympathy from me, but I confided nothing.†
Chpt 12
At night when we were in bed and the lamps turned low, he confided in me.†
Chpt 14
That he would confide this to me embarrassed me deeply.†
Chpt 17

confide = place trust (in someone) by talking about private things
I asked, trying to keep my voice calm but frustrated that her husband was still using his fists against her, angry that she accepted it so passively, and hurt that she hadn't confided in me—again.†
Chpt 17

confided = placed trust (in someone) by talking about private things
"But, Lady Lu," Madame Wang confided, "this is in our women's writing."†
Chpt 17

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."