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confect

 
Dictionary: con·fect
(kən-fĕkt') pronunciation
tr.v., -fect·ed, -fect·ing, -fects.
  1. To make into a confection or preserve.
  2. To put together by combining materials: a group of writers who confected a television series.
n. (kŏn'fĕkt')
A sweet confection, such as candy.

[Middle English confecten, to prepare, from Latin cōnficere, cōnfect- : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + facere, to make.]


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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: make or construct

Meaning #2: prepare from ingredients
  Synonyms: confection, comfit


 
 
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