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confect

Pronunciation: /kənˈfɛkt/

The English word “confect” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To make up, prepare, or compound; to produce by combining ingredients or materials; to concoct.
  2. To make into a confection; to prepare as a candy, sweetmeat, preserve, or the like.

noun

  1. A rich, sweet, food item made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts; a confection, comfit.

Etymology

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

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