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confited

confited is the simple past and past participle of confit.

Meaning of confit

Verb

confit (third-person singular simple present confits, present participle confiting, simple past and past participle confited)

  1. (transitive) To prepare (food) in this manner.
    • I came up with a menu to showcase the alliums in several manifestations: raw, quickly sautéed and slowly confited.2008 June 18, Melissa Clark, “A Garlic Festival Without a Single Clove”, in New York Times

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Questions about confited

What is confited the simple past and past participle of?
Confited is the simple past and past participle of confit.

Words near confited in the dictionary

  1. confiscators
  2. confiscatory
  3. confiseur
  4. confiseurs
  5. confit
  6. confited
  7. confitent
  8. confitents
  9. confiteor
  10. confiteors
  11. confiting

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