confect.
To make up, prepare, or compound; to produce by combining ingredients or materials; to concoct.
Meaning & usage
To make up, prepare, or compound; to produce by combining ingredients or materials; to concoct.
The woman confected a home remedy for the traveler's illness.
The young bride's friends confected a dress from odds and ends of fabric.
To make into a confection; to prepare as a candy, sweetmeat, preserve, or the like.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin cōnfectus, past participle of cōnficere, from com- (“together”) + facere (“to make”).
A rich, sweet, food item made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts; a confection, comfit.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin cōnfectum. Doublet of comfit, confetto, confit, and konfyt.
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