confect ary

& s. [Eng. confect; -ary.] I. As adj.: Made up of various parts or ingredi. ents ( lit. & fig.). Browne: Vulgar Errors, b. 1. ch. 1. "Confect ary impieties and hopeful conclusions." II. As subst.: A compound, a result, a supplement. "To which third I shall add this fourth as a nece ary and manifest confect ary thereof."- Glanville : Saducismus Triumph at us, pt. i., p. 92. con-fěc'-těd, pa. par. or a. [CONFECT, v.] côn-fěc'-ting, pr. par. & s. [CONFECT, v.] A. As pr. par.: (In senses corresponding to those of the verb.) B. As subst.: The act or proce of compounding or mixing, or of preserving with sugar. "They do not observe the confecting of the ointment." -Bacon: Nat . Hist ., § 998.