confect

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

confect
    n 1: a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with
         fruit or nuts [syn: {candy}, {confect}]
    v 1: make or construct
    2: make into a confection; "This medicine is home-confected"
       [syn: {confect}, {confection}, {comfit}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Confect \Con"fect\, n.
   A comfit; a confection. [Obs.]
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         At supper eat a pippin roasted and sweetened with sugar
         of roses and caraway confects.           --Harvey.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Confect \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.]
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            Saffron confected in Cilicia.         --W. Browne.
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   2. To construct; to form; to mingle or mix. [Obs.]
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            Of this were confected the famous everlasting lamps
            and tapers.                           --Sir T.
                                                  Herbert.
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            [My joys] are still confected with some fears.
                                                  --Stirling.
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