Confect

kon′fekt, n. fruit, ., prepared with sugar: a sweetmeat: a comfit.— v.t. Confect′ , to prepare: to preserve.— n. Confec′tion , composition, compound: a composition of drugs: a sweetmeat: the French word for a ready-made article of dre for women's wear.— v.t. to make a confection, in its various uses.— ns. Confec′tionary ( B. ), a confectioner: a sweetmeat: a place where confections are made: confectionery; Confec′tioner , one who makes confections; Confec′tionery , a confectioner's shop: the busine of a confectioner: sweetmeats in general. [L. conficĕre , confectum , to make up together— con , together, facĕre , to make.]