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confiding, ppl. a.|kənˈfaɪdɪŋ|
[f. confide v. + -ing2.]
1. That confides or reposes confidence; trustful.
1829Southey O. Newman ix, The modest, meek, confiding gentleness. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair (L.), He had a confiding wife, and he treated her as confiding wives only are treated. 1848Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 209 Amidst the acclamations and joyful tears of a too confiding people.
†2. Trusty, trustworthy; = confident 6. Obs.
1645King's Cabinet Opened in Select. Harl. Misc. (1793) 361 That power military and civil might be put into confiding hands. 1664Dryden Rival Ladies v. i, Rod. These, Pedro, Are your confiding Men. 2 Serv. I think 'em still so. 1692Wagstaffe Vind. Carol. iv. 48 That the Tower may be put into confiding hands. |