confect
Americanverb (used with object)
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to make up, compound, or prepare from ingredients or materials.
to confect a herbal remedy for colds.
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to make into a preserve or confection.
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to construct, form, or make.
to confect a dress from odds and ends of fabric.
noun
verb
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to prepare by combining ingredients
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to make; construct
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of confect
1350–1400; Middle English confecten < 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
Example Sentences
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Shooting on film, the imaginative directors confect a realm of tactile magic, with Kafkaesque flourishes, through the ingenious handcraftsmanship of practical elements and low-fi effects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2022
The Italian designer swapped the bold orange, black, ecru and leopard-print fabrics and the marabou and peacock feathers he's used to confect his hallmark colorblocked cocktail dresses in seasons past in favor of fur.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2011
But Pressburger, who wrote it, didn't need to confect the feelings behind Walbrook's words.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 29, 2010
Rather than keep the story dark, though, the filmmakers confect a different fate for Maleficent, played by Angelina Jolie at her most sculpturally imposing.
From Washington Post
Jelly white and red, dates in confect, conger, salmon, birt, dorey, turbut holibut for standard, bace, trout, mullet, chevin, soles, lamprey roast, and tench in jelly.
From The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery by Robert May
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