All 7 Uses of
confide
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In the Unlikely Event
- Irene had once confided to Rusty she'd had the opportunity, when she was young, to marry into the family who'd started Volupte.†
p. 17.5 *confided = placed trust (in someone) by talking about private things
- Some gangster, Natalie once confided to Miri.†
p. 29.9
- "This is my first flight," she confided.†
p. 50.7
- What could she possibly confide that was anything compared to his story?†
p. 249.5confide = place trust (in someone) by talking about private things
- If she confided her dream to him he'd drop her like a hot potato.†
p. 274.9confided = placed trust (in someone) by talking about private things
- She was that close to confiding in Daisy.†
p. 338.9confiding = placing trust (in someone) by talking about private things
- What's hard is that he thinks he can't confide in me, that he thinks he can't come with us.†
p. 414.8confide = 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."