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con·fect
(kən-fĕkt′)tr.v. con·fect·ed, con·fect·ing, con·fects
1. To make into a confection or preserve.
2. To put together by combining materials: a group of writers who confected a television series.
n. (kŏn′fĕkt′)
A sweet confection, such as candy.
[Middle English confecten, to prepare, from Latin cōnficere, cōnfect- : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + facere, to make; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]
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confect
(kənˈfɛkt)vb (tr)
1. to prepare by combining ingredients
2. to make; construct
[C16: from Latin confectus prepared, from conficere to accomplish, from com- (intensive) + facere to make]
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con•fect
(v. kənˈfɛkt; n. ˈkɒn fɛkt)v.t.
1. to compose from various ingredients.
2. to make into a confection.
3. to construct; form; make.
n. 4. a sweet confection.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin confectus, past participle of conficere to produce, effect]
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confect
Past participle: confected
Gerund: confecting
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| Noun | 1. |  confect - a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nutsconfection, sweet - a food rich in sugar candy bar - a candy shaped as a bar carob bar - a bar of candy made with carob powder hard candy - candy that is brittle; "you can break a tooth on that hard candy" brandyball - a British candy flavored with brandy patty - round flat candy bonbon - a candy that usually has a center of fondant or fruit or nuts coated in chocolate butterscotch - a hard brittle candy made with butter and brown sugar candy cane - a hard candy in the shape of a rod (usually with stripes) candy corn - a small yellow and white candy shaped to resemble a kernel of corn caramel - firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk candyfloss, cotton candy, spun sugar - a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature dragee - sugar-coated nut or fruit piece dragee - silvery candy beads used for decorating cakes fondant - candy made of a thick creamy sugar paste fudge - soft creamy candy gumdrop - a jellied candy coated with sugar crystals honey crisp - a crisp candy made with honey mint candy, mint - a candy that is flavored with a mint oil horehound - a candy that is flavored with an extract of the horehound plant jelly bean, jelly egg - sugar-glazed jellied candy candy kiss, kiss - any of several bite-sized candies Life Saver - a candy shaped like a small lifesaver lozenge - a small aromatic or medicated candy marshmallow - spongy confection made of gelatin and sugar and corn syrup and dusted with powdered sugar nougat - nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste nougat bar - a bar of nougat candy often dipped in chocolate nut bar - paste of nuts and sugar on a pastry base cut into bars peanut bar - bar of peanuts in taffy popcorn ball - popcorn combined with a thick sugar or molasses or caramel syrup and formed into balls praline - cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans rock candy - sugar in large hard clear crystals on a string rock candy, rock - hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint) sugar candy - made by boiling pure sugar until it hardens sugarplum - any of various small sugary candies taffy - chewy candy of sugar or syrup boiled until thick and pulled until glossy chocolate truffle, truffle - creamy chocolate candy Turkish Delight - a jellied candy typically flavored with rose water Easter egg - an egg-shaped candy used to celebrate Easter |
| Verb | 1. | confect - make or construct |
| 2. | confect - make into a confection; "This medicine is home-confected" assemble, put together, tack together, set up, piece, tack - create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee" |
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