Confect

Quick meaning: Confect is a verb meaning (transitive) To make up, prepare, or compound; to produce by combining ingredients or materials; to concoct.

Meaning

(transitive) To make up, prepare, or compound; to produce by combining ingredients or materials; to concoct.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, obsolete) To make into a confection; to prepare as a candy, sweetmeat, preserve, or the like.
2. (obsolete) A rich, sweet, food item made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts; a confection, comfit.

Example Sentences

[My joys] are still confected with some feares.

The woman confected a home remedy for the traveler's illness.

Of this alſo were confected the famous everlaſting Lamps and Tapers.

The young bride's friends confected a dress from odds and ends of fabric.

Word Forms

• confects
• confecting
• confected

Synonyms for confect

Depending on context, synonyms include confection, comfit.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include confection, comfit, concoct, compound, conject, compose.

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