confect
con·fect
verb \kən-ˈfekt\Definition of CONFECT
transitive verb
1
: to put together from varied material
— con·fect \ˈkän-ˌ\ noun
Examples of CONFECT
- <a cook who can confect a magnificent dinner from whatever ingredients are in the cupboards>
Origin of CONFECT
Middle English, from Latin confectus, past participle of conficere to prepare — more at comfit
First Known Use: 14th century
Related to CONFECT
Related Words: carpenter, fashion, forge, frame, hammer, handcraft, manufacture, mold, produce, shape; prefabricate; begin, coin, create, generate, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, invent, originate; constitute, establish, father, found, institute, organize; conceive, concoct, contrive, cook (up), design, devise, imagine, think (up); reassemble, rebuild, reconstruct, redevelop, reedify [British], retrofit; jerry-build, rig (up), throw up; combine, unite
Rhymes with CONFECT
abject, advect, affect, aspect, bisect, cathect, collect, connect, convect, correct, cowl-necked, defect, deflect, deject, detect, direct, Dordrecht, effect, eject, elect, erect, ewe-necked, expect, goosenecked, infect, inflect, inject, insect, inspect, neglect, object, pandect, porrect, prefect, prelect, project, prospect, protect, refect, reflect, reject, resect, respect, ring-necked, roll-necked, select, stiff-necked, subject, suspect, traject, transect, trisect, Utrecht, V-necked
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