† confectionateadj.
Obsolete. rare.
= confectioned adj. at confection v. Derivatives.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparing confectionery > [adjective]
confectionate1541
confectioned1576
1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 44 a Fruites confectionate..with hony.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
† confectionatev.
Obsolete.
transitive. = confection v.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparing confectionery > prepare confection [verb (transitive)]
confection1541
confectionate?1589
enrobe1915
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > add as ingredient to a mixture > qualify by admixture > in order to improve
confectionate?1589
?1589 T. Nashe Almond for Parrat sig. 4 The filth of the stewes, distild into ribauldry termes, cannot confectionate a more intemperate stile then his Pamphlets.
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 360 We hear that a great King..that he might confectionate a base minion of his, etc. [Cf. confectioner n. 2.]
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adj.1541v.?1589