confected
confected is the simple past and past participle of confect.
Meaning of confect
Verb
confect (third-person singular simple present confects, present participle confecting, simple past and past participle confected)
- To make up, prepare, or compound; to produce by combining ingredients or materials; to concoct.
- The woman confected a home remedy for the traveler's illness.
- To make into a confection; to prepare as a candy, sweetmeat, preserve, or the like.
- Not all the Ointments brought from Delos Ile; / Nor from the confines of ſeuen-headed Nile; / Nor that brought whence Phœnicians haue abodes; / Nor Cyprus wilde Vine-flowers, nor that of Rhodes, / Nor Roſes-oile from Naples, Capua, / Saffron confected in Cilicia; / Nor that of Quinces, nor of...1613, William Browne, “The Second Song”, in Britannia’s Pastorals. [The First Booke], London: […] Geo[rge] Norton, […], →OCLC, page 39
Words formed from confected
Questions about confected
- What is confected the simple past and past participle of?
- Confected is the simple past and past participle of confect.
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