Found 2 items, similar to Confect.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: confect
confect
v 1: make or construct
2: make into a confection;
“This medicine is home-confected”
[syn:
confection,
comfit]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Confect
Confect
\Con*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Confected; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Confecting.] [L. confectus, p. p. of conficere to
prepare. See
Comfit.]
1. To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of. [Obs.]
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Saffron confected in Cilicia. --W. Browne.
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2. To construct; to form; to mingle or mix. [Obs.]
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Of this were confected the famous everlasting lamps
and tapers. --Sir T.
Herbert.
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[My joys] are still confected with some fears.
--Stirling.
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Confect
\Con"fect\, n.
A comfit; a confection. [Obs.]
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At supper eat a pippin roasted and sweetened with sugar
of roses and caraway confects. --Harvey.
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