Meaning

2 senses

  1. (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.

  2. (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”) + face

Borrowed from Latin cōnfectus, past participle of cōnficere, from com- (“together”) + facere (“to make”).

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Forms

confects, confecting, confected, confected

regular · Lesson

Base formconfect · to confect
3rd person singularconfects
Present participleconfecting
Past simpleconfected
Past participleconfected

Tenses

confect · confected · will confect · have confected

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyconfect
he, she, itconfects

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave confected
he, she, ithas confected

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill confect

Past simpleLesson

all personsconfected

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words
RelatedconfectionC2confectionaryconfectioneryconfectioner
Derivedunconfected

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
conductiveconductorB2coneB2confectionaryconfectionerconfectionery

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