confect
verb
con·fect kən-ˈfekt 
confected; confecting; confects
transitive verb
1
: to put together from varied material
2
a
: prepare
b
: preserve
confect
ˈkän-ˌfekt
noun 
Synonyms
- assemble
- build
- construct
- erect
- fabricate
- make
- make up
- piece
- put up
- raise
- rear
- set up
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Example Sentences
a cook who can confect a magnificent dinner from whatever ingredients are in the cupboards
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refinery29.com, 18 May 2022 Shooting on film, the imaginative directors confect a realm of tactile magic, with Kafkaesque flourishes, through the ingenious handcraftsmanship of practical elements and low-fi effects. Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2022 The name Häagen-Dazs was confected to suggest European sophistication (the firm is American). The Economist, 5 July 2019 But the outrage of rivals is shamelessly confected. The Economist, 7 Apr. 2018 In a swirl of nimble, pale brushwork, the artist conjures up a figure from behind, gazing in the mirror, confecting herself. Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2018 The other, infinitely more famous outcome was Mary’s tale of a scientist who confects a humanoid out of body parts. The Economist, 17 Feb. 2018 But in recent years, Indian con artists are confecting English accents and Americanized names, often used in call centers, for a different reason: to cheat unsuspecting foreigners. The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 8 Feb. 2018 Their mutual admiration is a refreshing change in a league that feeds on conflict and confected rancor. Rory Smith, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2017 See More
refinery29.com, 18 May 2022 Shooting on film, the imaginative directors confect a realm of tactile magic, with Kafkaesque flourishes, through the ingenious handcraftsmanship of practical elements and low-fi effects. Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2022 The name Häagen-Dazs was confected to suggest European sophistication (the firm is American). The Economist, 5 July 2019 But the outrage of rivals is shamelessly confected. The Economist, 7 Apr. 2018 In a swirl of nimble, pale brushwork, the artist conjures up a figure from behind, gazing in the mirror, confecting herself. Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2018 The other, infinitely more famous outcome was Mary’s tale of a scientist who confects a humanoid out of body parts. The Economist, 17 Feb. 2018 But in recent years, Indian con artists are confecting English accents and Americanized names, often used in call centers, for a different reason: to cheat unsuspecting foreigners. The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 8 Feb. 2018 Their mutual admiration is a refreshing change in a league that feeds on conflict and confected rancor. Rory Smith, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English confecten "to prepare by combining ingredients, blend, spice or sweeten," borrowed from Medieval Latin confectus, past participle of conficere "to bring together, compose, compound (a drug or medication)," going back to Latin, "to carry out, perform, make, bring about, collect, bring to completion," from con- con- + facere "to make, bring about, perform, do" — more at fact
Note: The meanings of Medieval Latin conficere depend to a degree on its vernacular equivalent in Gallo-Romance; see note at comfit.
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
confects
verb
as in builds
to form by putting together parts or materials a cook who can confect a magnificent dinner from whatever ingredients are in the cupboards Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- builds
- constructs
- assembles
- makes
- creates
- sets up
- pieces
- puts together
- manufactures
- designs
- erects
- puts up
- makes up
- produces
- establishes
- fabricates
- raises
- rears
- prefabricates
- shapes
- rebuilds
- carpenters
- molds
- generates
- reedifies
- fashions
- handcrafts
- institutes
- frames
- originates
- begins
- organizes
- hammers
- coins
- fathers
- cooks (up)
- initiates
- constitutes
- throws up
- forges
- concocts
- innovates
- retrofits
- devises
- reconstructs
- invents
- founds
- inaugurates
- jerry-builds
- conceives
- reassembles
- rigs (up)
- combines
- imagines
- contrives
- redevelops
- thinks (up)
- unites
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- knocks down
- takes down
- tears down
- strikes
- levels
- destroys
- dismantles
- demounts
- dismembers
- disassembles
- ruins
- blows up
- wrecks
- smashes
- pulverizes
- ruinates
- demolishes
- shatters
- razes
- explodes
- devastates
- pulls down
- disengages
- disjoins
- detaches
- divides
- flattens
- disconnects
- separates
- disunites
- packing
- packing (off)
- packing (up or in)
- packing (up or off)
- packing away
- packing box
- packing case
- packing crate
- packing fraction
- packing gland
- packing in
- packing nut
- packing off
- packing out
- packing peanuts
- packing press
- packing radius
- packing ring
- packing screw
- packing them in
- packing up
- packing up or in
- packing up or off
- packinghouse
- packinghouses