v. /keuhn fekt"/ ; n. /kon"fekt/ , v.t.
1. to make up, compound, or prepare from ingredients or materials: to confect a herbal remedy for colds.
2. to make into a preserve or confection.
3. to construct, form, or make: to confect a dress from odds and ends of fabric.
n.
4. a preserved, candied, or other sweet confection.
[ 1350-1400; ME confecten confectus (ptp. of conficere to produce, effect), equiv. to con- CON- + -fec- (var. s. of -ficere, comb. form of facere to make; see FACT) + -tus ptp. suffix ]