verb (used with object) 1.to make up, compound, or prepare from ingredients or materials:
to confect a herbal remedy for colds. 3.to construct, form, or make: to confect a dress from odds and ends of fabric.
Origin: 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; see
fact) +
-tus past participle suffix
Related forms un·con·fect·ed, adjective
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Un confected
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