confide
/kənˈfaɪd/ verb C1- To take (someone) into one's confidence; to speak in secret with. · I could no longer keep this secret alone; I had to confide in my brother.· She confided in me about her plan to rob the bank.
- To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone. · I confide this mission to you alone.
- To say (something) in confidence. · After several drinks, I confided my problems to the barman.· She confided that her marriage had been in trouble for some time.
He/she/it confides · Past confided · Past participle confided · -ing form confiding
Verb forms
- Base form
- confide
- He/she/it
- confides
- Past
- confided
- Past participle
- confided
- -ing form
- confiding
From the library
“I think your Gilbert Blythe _is_ handsome,” confided Anne to Diana, “but I think he’s very bold.
“Miss Barry was a kindred spirit, after all,” Anne confided to Marilla.
“I didn’t say anything when Josie said that to me,” Anne confided that evening to Marilla, who was lying on the sofa after one of her headaches, “because I thought it was part of my punishment and I ought to bear it patiently.
I do not know whether I ever before mentioned to you my feelings on this subject, but I will not leave the country without confiding them, and I trust you will not esteem them unreasonable.
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