confect

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: candyconfectioncomfit

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nutsSynonyms: candy

Verb (2)

  1. make or construct
  2. make into a confection“This medicine is home-confected”Synonyms: confectioncomfit
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Confect \Con"fect\, n. A comfit; a confection. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

At supper eat a pippin roasted and sweetened with sugar of roses and caraway confects. --Harvey. [1913 Webster]

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.] [1913 Webster]

Saffron confected in Cilicia.— W. Browne.[1913 Webster]

2.To construct; to form; to mingle or mix. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Of this were confected the famous everlasting lamps and tapers.— Sir T. Herbert.[1913 Webster]
[My joys] are still confected with some fears.— Stirling.[1913 Webster]
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