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confect

[ verb kuhn-fekt; noun kon-fekt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to make up, compound, or prepare from ingredients or materials:

    to confect a herbal remedy for colds.

  2. to make into a preserve or confection.
  3. to construct, form, or make:

    to confect a dress from odds and ends of fabric.



noun

  1. a preserved, candied, or other sweet confection.

confect

/ kənˈfɛkt /

verb

  1. to prepare by combining ingredients
  2. to make; construct
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • uncon·fected adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of confect1

1350–1400; Middle English confecten < Latin confectus (past participle of conficere to produce, effect), equivalent to con- con- + -fec- (variant stem of -ficere, combining form of facere to make; fact ) + -tus past participle suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of confect1

C16: from Latin confectus prepared, from conficere to accomplish, from com- (intensive) + facere to make
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Example Sentences

That evening an emetic of ipecacoanha was given, and afterwards a draught, with vitriolic æther and confect.

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