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confects

confects is the plural of confect.

confects is the third-person singular simple present indicative of confect.

Meaning of confect

Noun

confect (plural confects)

  1. (obsolete) A rich, sweet, food item made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts; a confection, comfit.
    • Princes and Counties! ſurely a princely teſtimonie, a goodly Counte, Counte Comfect, a ſweete Gallant ſurely, O that I were a man for his ſake!1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, Much Adoe about Nothing. […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act IV...

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Questions about confects

What is confects the plural of?
Confects is the plural of confect.

Words near confects in the dictionary

  1. confectionist
  2. confectionists
  3. confections
  4. confectories
  5. confectory
  6. confects
  7. confecture
  8. confectures
  9. Confed
  10. Confed'n
  11. Confed.

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