I. kənˈfekt transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Latin confectus, past participle of conficere to prepare — more at comfit
1. : to put together (as ingredients in compounding a medicine)
home- confected medicaments — S.H.Adams
2.
a. : prepare
hard sauce confected for the pudding — Silas Spitzer
: pickle , preserve
b. : to put together (as a novel) from varied and often incongruous material : construct
writers busy confecting best sellers
the majority of attempts to confect a poetic drama — T.S.Eliot
II. ˈkänˌfekt noun
( -s )
Etymology: Medieval Latin confectum, from Latin, neuter of confectus, past participle of conficere
: comfit , confection
a confect of leafy faces in a tree — Wallace Stevens