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Confect   /kənfˈɛkt/   Listen
verb
Confect  v. t.  (past & past part. confected; pres. part. confecting)  
1.
To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of. (Obs.) "Saffron confected in Cilicia."
2.
To construct; to form; to mingle or mix. (Obs.) "Of this were confected the famous everlasting lamps and tapers." "(My joys) are still confected with some fears."


noun
Confect  n.  A comfit; a confection. (Obs.) "At supper eat a pippin roasted and sweetened with sugar of roses and caraway confects."





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"Confect" Quotes from Famous Books



... water in the lungs, I directed an Infusion of Digitalis, with an ounce of diacodium to the half pint to prevent it purging, a wine glass full to be taken every night at bed-time, and a mixture with confect. cardiac. and pulv. ipecac. to be given in small ...
— An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses - With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases • William Withering
... birth be retarded through the weakness of the mother, refresh her by applying wine and soap to the nose, confect. ...
— The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher • Anonymous
... be retarded through the weakness of the mother, refresh her by applying wine and soap to the nose, confect. alkermas. diamarg. ...
— The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher • Anonymous


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