confect Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
    candy.
  2. verb make or construct
  3. verb make into a confection
    comfit; confection.
    • This medicine is home-confected

WordNet

Con*fect" transitive verb
Etymology
L. confectus, p. p. of conficere to prepare. See Comfit.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Confected; present participle & verbal noun Confecting
Definitions
  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.
Con"fect noun
Definitions
  1. A comfit; a confection. Obs.
    At supper eat a pippin roasted and sweetened with sugar of roses and caraway confects. Harvey.

Webster 1913