单词 | confect |
释义 | confectn. A sweetmeat made of fruit, seed, etc., preserved in sugar; a comfit. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > drop, lozenge, or comfit comfit1334 pastille1451 table1580 confect1587 violet tables1620 sugar-pluma1668 plum1694 nonpareil1697 rose drop1727 lemon-drop1807 drop1818 jujube1835 pear drop1852 pandrop1877 conversation lozenge1905 cushion1906 fruit drop1907 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1355/1 It hailed small confects, rained rosewater, and snew an artificiall kind of snow. 1614 T. Overbury et al. Characters in Wife now Widdow sig. E Muske comfects. 1662 H. Stubbe Indian Nectar iii. 34 Cacao..roasted, and made into Confects. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. i. i. 2/1 Use it like Caraway-seeds, for Confects and Sugar-plums. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Confects are reduced to eight Kinds, viz. Liquid Confects, Marmalades, Jellies, Pasts, Dry Confects, Conserves, Candies, and Dragees. 1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke i. 9 She made salves and eyewaters, powders and confects, cordials and persico. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † confectadj. Obsolete. 1. Performed. (Said of the sacrifice of the mass: cf. confection n. 2, conficient adj. and n.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > mass > [adjective] > performed confect1401 1401 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 108 Thei seie breed is turned into fleish, and wyne into blood..It wole not be confect but oonli of a preest, that lawfulli is ordeyned. 2. Made up by combination of ingredients; compounded; mixed. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > created or produced > formed or constructed wroughtOE wroughtOE confecta1398 combinedc14.. complosec1420 made1428 counterfeit1463 edificatec1470 construct?a1475 featuredc1500 compact1531 fashioned1535 conflate1541 confectedc1550 framed1565 timbered1570 constitute1589 compacted1598 fact1600 coagulate1610 quilted1617 coagulated1633 conflated1652 composititious1657 made-up1677 compactilea1682 constructed1785 put-together1848 compaginate1877 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. lx. 1322 Oximel is ycleped soure hony, for þe matiere þerof is confecte of hony and..of vynegre. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 797 Kepe this confect meddissyng Until the time of..spryngyng. c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) iii. ix. 82 Confect with spices. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Luke Prol., in Paraphr. New Test. 10 It is confect of no mo than one simple. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest Ep. Ded. sig. Aijv Ambrosia, a sugred and confect kinde of Wine. 1662 R. Mathews Unlearned Alchymist (new ed.) §89. 156 Take a long neckt Jugg..put in thy Amber confect therein. 3. Made into a confection; preserved. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > [adjective] conditec1420 well-cured?a1425 confite1484 pickled1552 confect1558 soused1568 preserved1569 comfited1599 condited1626 confected1808 processed1876 tubbed1882 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > [adjective] > preserved in sugar in comfitc1430 confite1484 confect1558 comfited1599 candied?1600 condited1626 confected1808 1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount (1568) 42 a The seede of citrons confict in sugre. 4. ‘Made up’, counterfeit. ΚΠ 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Confect, Counterfeit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). confectv. transitive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] mingeOE blandOE mongle?c1225 meddlec1350 sprengea1382 compoundc1384 intermeddlec1384 temperc1386 mell1387 found?c1390 joinc1400 intermell1413 commix?a1425 medley?a1425 mix?a1425 amenge?c1450 immix?a1475 immixt?a1475 minglea1475 tremp1480 commixt1481 incarry1486 mixtionc1500 mixta1513 demelle1516 confect1540 intermixt1551 intermingle1555 bemix1559 intermix1562 contemper1567 blenge1570 bemingle1574 contemperate1590 masha1591 commeddle1604 immingle1606 blenda1616 intemper1627 commingle1648 conferment1651 subigate1657 to mix up1672 mould1701 meine1736 caudle1795 combine1799 interblenda1849 inmix1892 meld1936 1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. xxviiv Confict them to gether with wyne & make pylles of them. 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe C iv b Confecte or compounde al together. 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke i. xxxi. 40 Let all these be beaten into pouder and searced, and confect that pouder with clarified honye. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxiii. i. 152 Unholesome it is to mix, season, and confect therewith some other wine. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > prepare by mixing mingOE meddlec1350 compoundc1384 temper1390 mix1482 comfit1483 confect1575 mingle1587 to make up1649 concoct1676 amalgamate1821 to rub in1844 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 357 Confect the vnguent of Capons grease, Oyle of Roses, Oyle of Uiolets, [etc.]. 1588 G. Babington Profitable Expos. Lords Prayer ii. 170 The Phisitions prescription confected by the Apothecarie. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 165 To confect a sauce. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 299 That poison..was confected..by his brother. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 34 Confect many medicines. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > pickle or preserve [verb (transitive)] souse1387 conditec1420 comfit1484 pickle1526 confect1558 preserve1563 marl1598 murine1656 marble1661 mango1728 caveach1739 to put down1782 process1878 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > pickle or preserve [verb (transitive)] > preserve with sugar conditec1420 comfit1484 candy?1537 conserve1538 confect1558 candite1693 1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount (1568) 39 a When the nuttes be in season to conficte. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xv. iii Olives..confected and seasoned with salt. c1639 T. Dekker & J. Ford Sun's-darling (1656) iv. 33 Mistery there..Confects the substance of the choicest fruits, In a rich candy. 1681 P. Rycaut tr. B. Gracián y Morales Critick 166 Those [words] which may embitter, and dress, and comfect them for the stomach of the receiver. 1808 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. V. 215 The size and colour of confected caraways. 1886 W. Besant Children of Gibeon III. ii. xxv. 115 Fashioning match-boxes, sorting paper, confecting jam. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > digest [verb (transitive)] seetheOE defy1362 fyc1390 brookc1400 convertc1400 enduec1430 sleep1481 digest1483 concoct1533 decoct1541 diger?1541 confect1578 coque1615 concorporate1656 coct1662 swage1768 stomach1822 digerate- 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man v. f. 69v We first confect, and make ready in the mouth the rough and hard meates. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. xv. 75 A certain internal and vitriolated fier..doth readily and quickly confect and destroy the meates. 5. To make (out of the materials). [In modern use an affectation after French confectionner ; compare confection n. 6 and confection v. 3.] ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > construct workOE dighta1175 to set upc1275 graitha1300 formc1300 pitchc1330 compoundc1374 to put togethera1387 performc1395 bigc1400 elementc1400 complexion1413 erect1417 framea1450 edifya1464 compose1481 construe1490 to lay together1530 perstruct1547 to piece together1572 condite1578 conflate1583 compile1590 to put together1591 to set together1603 draw1604 build1605 fabric1623 complicate1624 composit1640 constitute1646 compaginate1648 upa1658 complex1659 construct1663 structurate1664 structure1664 confect1677 to put up1699 rig1754 effect1791 structuralize1913 1677 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (rev. ed.) 309 Of this also were confected the famous Everlasting Lamps and Tapers. The stone is called Asbeston. 1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts II. iii. ii. 120 Prodigies in the way of patchwork quilts, confected by fingers of three or four years. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1587adj.a1398v.1540 |
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