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单词 confect
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Definition of confect in English:

confect

verb kənˈfɛktkənˈfekt
[with object]
  • Make (something elaborate or dainty) from various elements.

    a trifle confected from angelica and piped cream
    Example sentencesExamples
    • To undermine Weinstein's credentials, his adversaries have confected a series of charges of sloppy scholarship.
    • In the Eucharistic service, the priest confects the bread as Christ's body.
    • She also confects dips, chocolate mousse, cheesecake, soft cheeses and, of course, butter.
    • Opposition MPs have had no qualms confecting anger, declaring Mr Blair's choice of garment to be a ‘sartorial outrage‘.
    • Playwrights, directors, songwriters migrated from New York to California, confecting a word-and-picture medium quite similar to the one they had left behind.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin confect- 'put together', from the verb conficere, from con- 'together' + facere 'make'.

Rhymes

affect, bisect, bull-necked, collect, connect, correct, defect, deflect, deject, detect, direct, effect, eject, elect, erect, expect, infect, inflect, inject, inspect, interconnect, interject, intersect, misdirect, neglect, object, perfect, project, prospect, protect, reflect, reject, respect, resurrect, sect, select, subject, suspect, transect, unchecked, Utrecht
 
 

Definition of confect in US English:

confect

verbkənˈfekt
[with object]
  • Make (something) by putting together various elements.

    together they had confected a valiseful of show tunes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Playwrights, directors, songwriters migrated from New York to California, confecting a word-and-picture medium quite similar to the one they had left behind.
    • She also confects dips, chocolate mousse, cheesecake, soft cheeses and, of course, butter.
    • Opposition MPs have had no qualms confecting anger, declaring Mr Blair's choice of garment to be a ‘sartorial outrage‘.
    • In the Eucharistic service, the priest confects the bread as Christ's body.
    • To undermine Weinstein's credentials, his adversaries have confected a series of charges of sloppy scholarship.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin confect- ‘put together’, from the verb conficere, from con- ‘together’ + facere ‘make’.

 
 
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