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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Confect \Con*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confected}; p. pr & vb n. {Confecting}.] [L. confectus p. p. of conficere to prepare. See {Comfit}.] 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Confect \Con"fect\, n. A comfit; a confection. [Obs.] At supper eat a pippin roasted and sweetened with sugar of roses and caraway confects. --Harvey. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: confect v 1: make or construct 2: prepare from ingredients: "This medicine is home-confected" [syn: {confection}, {comfit}]
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