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confide verb
/kənˈfaɪd/ v [I or T] Definition
to tell something secret or personal to someone who you trust not to tell anyone else
[+ that ] He confided (to her) that his hair was not his own.
[+ speech] "My husband doesn't know yet, but I'm going to leave him, " she confided.
confiding adjective
/kənˈfaɪ.dɪŋ/ adj a confiding tone/whisper
confidingly adverb
/kənˈfaɪ.dɪŋ.li/ adv She spoke in a low voice, leaning towards him confidingly.
(Definition of confide verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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