confect

[ verb kuhn-fekt; noun kon-fekt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to make up, compound, or prepare from ingredients or materials:
to confect a herbal remedy for colds.
to make into a preserve or confection.
to construct, form, or make:
to confect a dress from odds and ends of fabric.

noun

a preserved, candied, or other sweet confection.

confect

/ kənˈfɛkt /

verb

to prepare by combining ingredients
to make; construct

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Other Words From

uncon·fected adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of confect¹

1350–1400; Middle English confecten < Latin confectus (past participle of conficere to produce, effect), equivalent to con- con- + -fec- (variant stem of -ficere, combining form of facere to make; fact ) + -tus past participle suffix

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Word History and Origins

Origin of confect¹

C16: from Latin confectus prepared, from conficere to accomplish, from com- (intensive) + facere to make

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Example Sentences

That evening an emetic of ipecacoanha was given, and afterwards a draught, with vitriolic æther and confect.

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