The Collaborative International Dictionary
Confect \Con*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confected; p. pr. & vb. n. Confecting.] [L. confectus, p. p. of conficere to prepare. See Comfit.]
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To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of. [Obs.]
Saffron confected in Cilicia.
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To construct; to form; to mingle or mix. [Obs.]
Of this were confected the famous everlasting lamps and tapers.
--Sir T. Herbert.[My joys] are still confected with some fears.
--Stirling.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: confect)
Usage examples of "confected".
Later, she confected word pictures of her little village on the coast.
The poet in Le Cagot had confected for himself the role of the miles gloriosus, the Falstaffian clown—but with a unique difference: his braggadocio was founded on a record of reckless, laughing courage in numberless guerrilla actions against the fascist who oppressed his people in Spain.