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Definitions for: Confect [v] prepare from ingredients; "This medicine is home-confected"
[v] make or construct
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Con"fect, n.
A comfit; a confection. [Obs.]
At supper eat a pippin roasted and sweetened with sugar
of roses and caraway confects. --Harvey.
Synonyms: comfit, confection
See Also: assemble, create, make, piece, produce, put together, set up, tack, tack together
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