What does "confect" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "confect"?

Common synonyms include: candy, candy, comfit, confection.

//kənˈfɛkt// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Noun

1
A rich, sweet, food item made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts; a confection, comfit. obsolete
"Princes and Counties! ſurely a princely teſtimonie, a goodly Counte, Counte Comfect, a ſweete Gallant ſurely, O that I were a man for his ſake!"
2
a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts wordnet

Verb

1
To make up, prepare, or compound; to produce by combining ingredients or materials; to concoct. transitive
"The woman confected a home remedy for the traveler's illness."
2
make into a confection wordnet
3
To make into a confection; to prepare as a candy, sweetmeat, preserve, or the like. obsolete, transitive
"Not all the Ointments brought from Delos Ile; / Nor from the confines of ſeuen-headed Nile; / Nor that brought whence Phœnicians haue abodes; / Nor Cyprus wilde Vine-flowers, nor that of Rhodes, / Nor Roſes-oile from Naples, Capua, / Saffron confected in Cilicia; / Nor that of Quinces, nor of Marioram, / That euer from the Ile of Coös came."
4
make or construct wordnet