confect

con·fect

transitive verb \kən-ˈfekt\

Definition of CONFECT

1

: to put together from varied material

2

a : prepare

b : preserve

— con·fect \ˈkän-ˌ\ noun

Examples of CONFECT

1. <a cook who can confect a magnificent dinner from whatever ingredients are in the cupboards>

Origin of CONFECT

Middle English, from Latin confectus, past participle of conficere to prepare — more at comfit

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to CONFECT

Synonyms

assemble, build, construct, erect, fabricate, make, make up, piece, put up, raise, rear, set up

Antonyms

demount, disassemble, dismantle, dismember, knock down, strike, take down, tear down

Related Words

carpenter, fashion, forge, frame, hammer, handcraft, manufacture, mold, produce, shape; prefabricate; begin, coin, create, generate, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, invent, originate; constitute, establish, father, found, institute, organize; conceive, concoct, contrive, cook (up), design, devise, imagine, think (up); reassemble, rebuild, reconstruct, redevelop, reedify [British], retrofit; jerry-build, rig (up), throw up; combine, unite

Near Antonyms

demolish, destroy, devastate, flatten, level, pull down, pulverize, raze, ruin, ruinate, shatter, smash, wreck; blow up, explode; detach, disengage; disconnect, disjoin, disunite, divide, separate

Rhymes with CONFECT

abject, advect, affect, aspect, bisect, cathect, collect, connect, convect, correct, cowl-necked, defect, deflect, deject, detect, direct, Dordrecht, effect, eject, elect, erect, ewe-necked, expect, goosenecked, infect, inflect, inject, insect, inspect, neglect, object, pandect, porrect, prefect, prelect, project, prospect, protect, refect, reflect, reject, resect, respect, ring-necked, roll-necked, select, stiff-necked, subject, suspect, traject, transect, trisect, Utrecht, V-necked