Dictionary entry

Confect

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

Saffron confected in Cilicia.

W. Browne.

2. To construct; to form; to mingle or mix.

Of this were confected the famous everlasting lamps and tapers.

Sir T. Herbert.

are still confected with some fears.

Stirling.