Confect

a. [Lat. conficio; Fr. confire.] To make up into sweetmeats; to preserve with sugar. -n. A sweetmeat; a confection. Confec'tion, n. [Lat. confectio- con , and facio , factum , to make.] Anything prepared by mixing certain ingredients together; a mixture; a sweetmeat; a preserve. Confectionary, a . Made in the form of a confection. -n. Same as CONFECTIONER, q. v.