comfited

Verb

comfit (third-person singular simple present comfits, present participle comfiting, simple past and past participle comfited)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make into a dry sugared confection.
   • 17th c, Abraham Cowley, The First Nemeæan Ode of Pindar: The Muse, 1795, Robert Anderson (editor), The Works of the British Poets, Volume 5, page 302,
     The fruit which does ſo quickly waſte, // Men ſcarce can ſee it, much leſs taſte, // Thou comfiteſt in ſweets to make it laſt.

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