Both Uses of
confide
in
Love Medicine
- Lynette leaned back to me with a bleary confiding look.†
p. 298.1 *confiding = placing trust (in someone) by talking about private things
- I confided to him all my plans to escape once, never knowing he was an apple.†
p. 319.7confided = placed 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."