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noun- One who reveals in private.

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Usage examples (36)
  • Verb (used without object) : She confides in no one but her husband. ,They confided in their own ability
  • Verb (used with object) : He confided all his plans to her. ,She confided her jewelry to her sister
  • • But. laying 'afide enquiries of this nature,,' let us confider which is the moft. probable way of getting at the knowledge of it with, greateft eafe and certainty.
  • But I do prefer to be the confidante rather than the confider.
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