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to confection

to confection

7.9
To make sweets or medicines by mixing ingredients
  • verb
  • /kənˈfɛkʃən/
  • Archaic
: preparar
  • To impress the guests, she decided to confection a special candy using unique flavors.

Examples

  • In the lab, the pharmacist must confection precise amounts of medicine for each patient.

  • "She thought about this, about confectioned chemicals.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • The chef needed to confection several ingredients to create a new dessert.

Synonyms

to concoct
vsto confection
7 6.3

Make food or drink by mixing different ingredients

is less about mixing ingredients and more about preparing sweets or medicines
to confect
vsto confection
  • Archaic
9.5

Make sweets by cooking or mixing ingredients

is specifically about preparing for sweets or medicines rather than general mixing

How Elaborate

to confection
  • Archaic
7.9
to formulate
16 4.3
to prepare
∞ 1.0
to mix
416 1.0

Surface Forms

confection infinitive
confected past
confected past participle
confecting present participle
confects third person singular

Etymology

Confection as a verb means to make or prepare by mixing ingredients. The roots con- 'together' and fect 'to make' give the idea of 'putting parts together', so to confection something is to prepare a mixed product, often a sweet or a medicine.