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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•fect (v. kən fekt′;n. kon′fekt),USA pronunciation v.t. - to make up, compound, or prepare from ingredients or materials:to confect a herbal remedy for colds.
- Foodto make into a preserve or confection.
- to construct, form, or make:to confect a dress from odds and ends of fabric.
n. - Fooda preserved, candied, or other sweet confection.
- Latin confectus (past participle of conficere to produce, effect), equivalent. to con- con- + -fec- (variant stem of -ficere, combining form of facere to make; see fact) + -tus past participle suffix
- Middle English confecten 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: confect /kənˈfɛkt/ vb (transitive)- to prepare by combining ingredients
- to make; construct
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin confectus prepared, from conficere to accomplish, from com- (intensive) + facere to make |