Word Study
confect
CIDE DICTIONARY
confect, v. t. [L. confectus, p. p. of conficere to prepare. See Comfit.].
- To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of. [1913 Webster]"Saffron confected in Cilicia." [1913 Webster]
- To construct; to form; to mingle or mix. [1913 Webster]"Of this were confected the famous everlasting lamps and tapers." [1913 Webster]"[My joys] are still confected with some fears." [1913 Webster]
confect, n.
A comfit; a confection. [1913 Webster]
"At supper eat a pippin roasted and sweetened with sugar of roses and caraway confects." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
confect, v.tr. literary make by putting together ingredients.
Etymology
L conficere confect- put together (as com-, facere make)
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