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–noun

a candy containing a nut or piece of fruit.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME confit < MF < L confectum something prepared. See confect

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com·fit Audio Help (kŭm'fĭt, kŏm'-) Pronunciation Key
n. A confection that consists of a piece of fruit, a seed, or a nut coated with sugar.

[Middle English confit, from Old French, from Latin cōnfectum, thing prepared, neuter past participle of cōnficere, to prepare : com-, com- + facere, to make; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]

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comfit

1334, "sugarplum," from O.Fr. confite, from L. confectum, from confectionem (see confection).

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comfit
noun
1.	candy containing a fruit or nut
verb
1.	make into a confection; "This medicine is home-confected" [syn: confect]

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Comfit

Com"fit\, n. [F. confit, prop. a p. p., fr. confire to preserve, pickle, fr. L. conficere to prepare; con- + facere to make. See Fact, and cf. Confect.] A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection.

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Comfit

Com"fit\, v. t. To preserve dry with sugar.

The fruit which does so quickly waste, . . . Thou comfitest in sweets to make it last. --Cowley.

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Comfit

Com"fi*ture\ (?; 135), n. [F. confiture; cf. LL. confecturae sweetmeats, confectura a preparing. See Comfit, and cf. Confiture.] See Comfit, n.

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Comfit

Com"fi*ture\ (?; 135), n. [F. confiture; cf. LL. confecturae sweetmeats, confectura a preparing. See Comfit, and cf. Confiture.] See Comfit, n.

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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.

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Comfit

Con"fit\, n. Same as Comfit. [Obs.]

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Comfit

Dis*com"fit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discomfited; p. pr. & vb. n. Discomfiting.] [OF. desconfit, p. p. of desconfire, F. d['e]confire; fr. L. dis- + conficere to make ready, prepare, bring about. See Comfit, Fact.]

1. To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat.

And his proud foes discomfit in victorious field. --Spenser.

2. To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk? to throw into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.

Well, go with me and be not so discomfited. --Shak.

Syn: To defeat; overthrow; overpower; vanquish; conquer; baffle; frustrate; confound; discourage.

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