Hypertext Webster Gateway: "confect"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.]
Saffron confected in Cilicia. --W. Browne.
2. To construct; to form; to mingle or mix. [Obs.]
Of this were confected the famous everlasting lamps
and tapers. --Sir T.
Herbert.
[My joys] are still confected with some fears.
--Stirling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Confect \Con"fect\, n.
A comfit; a confection. [Obs.]
At supper eat a pippin roasted and sweetened with sugar
of roses and caraway confects. --Harvey.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
confect
v 1: make or construct
2: prepare from ingredients: "This medicine is home-confected"
[syn: {confection}, {comfit}]
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