confect

American  

[kuhn-fekt, kon-fekt] / kənˈfɛkt, ˈkɒn fɛkt /

verb (used with object)

1. to make up, compound, or prepare from ingredients or materials.

   to confect a herbal remedy for colds.

2. to make into a preserve or confection.

3. to construct, form, or make.

   to confect a dress from odds and ends of fabric.

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noun

1. a preserved, candied, or other sweet confection.

confect British  

/ kənˈfɛkt /

verb

1. to prepare by combining ingredients

2. to make; construct

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Other Word Forms

• unconfected adjective

Etymology

Origin of confect

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