Definitions for confect
kənˈfɛkt; ˈkɒn fɛktcon·fect

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. candy, confectverb

   a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

2. confectverb

   make or construct

3. confect, confection, comfitverb

   make into a confection

   "This medicine is home-confected"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. confectnoun

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

   At supper eat a pippin roasted and sweetened with sugar of roses and caraway confects. -- Harvey

2. confectverb

   To make up, prepare, compound, construct, assemble, form, mix, mingle or put together by combining ingredients or materials; to concoct.

3. confectverb

   To make into a confection; to prepare as a candy, sweetmeat, preserve, or the like.

4. Etymology: confectus, past participle of conficere, from com- + facere. Akin to comfit. See also confection.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Confectnoun

   A sweetmeat.

   Etymology: from the verb.

2. To CONFECTverb

   To make up into sweetmeats; to preserve with sugar. It seems now corrupted into comfit.

   Etymology: confectus, Latin.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. confect

   Confit (, French pronunciation: ​[kɔ̃fi]) (from the French word confire, literally "to preserve") is any type of food that is cooked slowly over a long period as a method of preservation.Confit, as a cooking term, describes when food is cooked in grease, oil, or sugar water (syrup), at a lower temperature, as opposed to deep frying. While deep frying typically takes place at temperatures of 160–230 °C (325–450 °F), confit preparations are done at a much lower temperature, such as an oil temperature of around 90 °C (200 °F), or sometimes even cooler. The term is usually used in modern cuisine to mean long, slow cooking in oil or fat at low temperatures, many having no element of preservation, such as in dishes like confit potatoes. For meat, this method requires the meat to be salted as part of the preservation process. After salting and cooking in fat, confit can last for several months or years when sealed and stored in a cool, dark place. Confit is a specialty of southwestern France.

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1. confect

   To confect refers to the act of creating or making something, particularly sweet foods, through the process of cooking or preparation. It can also refer to the broader act of combining different elements or ingredients to construct or fabricate something.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Confectverb

   to prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of

2. Confectverb

   to construct; to form; to mingle or mix

3. Confectnoun

   a comfit; a confection

4. Etymology: [L. confectus, p. p. of conficere to prepare. See Comfit.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Confect

   kon′fekt, n. fruit, &c., prepared with sugar: a sweetmeat: a comfit.—v.t. Confect′, to prepare: to preserve.—n. Confec′tion, composition, compound: a composition of drugs: a sweetmeat: the French word for a ready-made article of dress for women's wear.—v.t. to make a confection, in its various uses.—ns. Confec′tionary (B.), a confectioner: a sweetmeat: a place where confections are made: confectionery; Confec′tioner, one who makes confections; Confec′tionery, a confectioner's shop: the business of a confectioner: sweetmeats in general. [L. conficĕre, confectum, to make up together—con, together, facĕre, to make.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of confect in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of confect in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=confect
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Confect
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=confect
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confect
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confect
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=confect