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confect
[ verb kuhn-fekt; noun kon-fekt ]
/ verb kənˈfɛkt; noun ˈkɒn fɛkt /
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verb (used with object)
to make up, compound, or prepare from ingredients or materials: to confect a herbal remedy for colds.
to make into a preserve or confection.
to construct, form, or make: to confect a dress from odds and ends of fabric.
noun
a preserved, candied, or other sweet confection.
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Origin of confect
OTHER WORDS FROM confect
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How to use confect in a sentence
That evening an emetic of ipecacoanha was given, and afterwards a draught, with vitriolic æther and confect.
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British Dictionary definitions for confect
confect
/ (kənˈfɛkt) /
verb (tr)
to prepare by combining ingredients
to make; construct
Word Origin for confect
C16: from Latin confectus prepared, from conficere to accomplish, from com- (intensive) + facere to make
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