Confect /(?)/

Con·fect

Confect

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Confected; p. pr. & vb. n. Confecting

  1. To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of. [Obs.]
    Saffron confected in Cilicia.
    — W. Browne.
  2. To construct; to form; to mingle or mix. [Obs.]
    Of this were confected the famous everlasting lamps and tapers.
    — Sir T. Herbert.
    [My joys] are still confected with some fears.
    — Stirling.

Confect

n.
  1. A comfit; a confection. [Obs.]
    At supper eat a pippin roasted and sweetened with sugar of roses and caraway confects.