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confection

con·fec·tion

UK/kənˈfɛkʃən/ US/kʌˈnfɛkʃʌn/ uncommon dated obsolete
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

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the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components

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verb

1.

make into a confection

  • “This medicine is home-confected”
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Origin

From Middle English confescioun, borrowed from Old French confeccion (French confection), borrowed from Latin cōnfectiōnem, from cōnfectus, past participle of cōnficiō (“prepare”), from con- (“with”) + faciō (“to make, do”). By surface analysis, confect + -ion. Originally "the making by means of ingredients"; sense of "candy or light pastry" predominant since 1500s.

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