Definition/Meaning of confect

• English - Verb: confect ( third-person singular simple present confects , present participle confecting , simple past and past participle confected ) To make up , prepare , compound , construct , assemble , form , mix , mingle or put together by combining ingredients or materials; to concoct . The woman confected a home-remedy for the traveler's illness . The young bride's friends confected a dress from odds…
• English - Noun: confect ( plural confects ) ( obsolete ) A rich , sweet , food item made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts; a confection , comfit . Harvey At supper eat a pippin roasted and sweetened with sugar of roses and caraway confects . 1889 , Arthur Conan Doyle , Micah Clarke , Chapter 1 She made salves and eyewaters , powders and confects , cordials and persico , orangeflower water…
• English - Etymology: Latin confectus , past participle of conficere , from com- ( “ together ” ) + facere ( “ to make ” ). Akin to comfit . See also confection .
• English - Related terms: confection confectionary confectionery confectioner