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reconfide

verb

Etymology

From re- + confide.

  1. derived from confīdō
  2. borrowed from confide
  3. prefixed as reconfide — “re + confide”

Definitions

  1. To confide to someone new.

    • '“I do not think,” Christine confided afterwards to a friend, who reconfided it to Bertie van Tahn, “that I shall ever be able to touch pâté de foie gras again.
    • For Mrs Blythe had confided once to Ann, and Ann had ultimately reconfided to Halloran, the story of how her husband had walked disorderly with a domestic in Portsmouth.

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