Cookery. = compote, n. Obsolete. spec. A preparation of fruit or spice preserved in wine, sugar, vinegar, or the like.

Fruit preserved in sugar, either candied or in syrup; plural sweetmeats of candied fruit or vegetable products.

= succade, n. Also figurative.

= succade, n.

A preparation of drugs, of preserved fruit, sweets, etc.; = confection, n., comfiture, n.

= conserve, n. 2.

In plural. Such preparations collectively; (in early use) confections; (now usually) jam, preserves.

A preparation of preserved fruit or the like; ‘preserve’, confection. archaic or Obsolete.

A preserve or pickle; a conserve, electuary.

Any food (chiefly fruit) which has been preserved by being cooked in sugar; the foodstuff resulting from this process; jam, marmalade. Cf. conserve…

Fruit preserved in syrup.

Fruit preserved in sugar; preserve.

Jam, marmalade.