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confect
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As a verb, confect means make up, prepare, or compound. As a noun, it means a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts.
Meanings of confect
3 meaningsverb
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.”
Older and rare meanings (1)
obsoleteTo make into a confection; to prepare as a candy, sweetmeat, preserve, or the like.
noun
obsoleteA rich, sweet, food item made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts; a confection, comfit.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).