con|fect

con|fect
con|fect «verb. kuhn FEHKT; noun. KON fehkt», verb, noun.
–v.t.
1. to make up, especially out of various materials: »

She has the gift of confecting a story as easily consumed as a soufflé (Atlantic).

SYNONYM(S): devise, contrive.
2. Archaic. to preserve; pickle.
3. Obsolete. to compound (a medicine).
–n.
Rare. a confection.
[< Latin cōnfectus, past participle of cōnficere; see etym. under confection (Cf.confection)]

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