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.]
Saffron confected in Cilicia.
W. Browne.
2.
To construct; to form; to mingle or mix.
[Obs.]
Of this were confected the famous everlasting lamps and tapers.
Sir T. Herbert.
[My joys] are still confected with some fears.
Stirling.
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Con"fect (?), n.
A comfit; a confection.
[Obs.]
At supper eat a pippin roasted and sweetened with sugar of roses and caraway confects.
Harvey.
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