confect
To make up, prepare, or compoundTo make up, prepare, or compound; to produce by combining ingredients or materials; to concoct.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To make up, prepare, or compound; to produce by combining ingredients or materials; to concoct.
The woman confected a home remedy for the traveler's illness.
The young bride's friends confected a dress from odds and ends of fabric.
(obsolete, transitive)To make into a confection; to prepare as a candy, sweetmeat, preserve, or the like.
make into a confection
Origin
Borrowed from Latin cōnfectus, past participle of cōnficere, from com- (“together”) + faceBorrowed from Latin cōnfectus, past participle of cōnficere, from com- (“together”) + facere (“to make”).
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Forms
confects, confecting, confected, confectedSynonyms
2 synonyms- make into a confection:confectioncomfit
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.