\Con*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confected}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Confecting}.] [L. confectus, p. p. of conficere to
prepare. See {Comfit}.]
1. To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of. [Obs.]
         Saffron confected in Cilicia.         --W. Browne.
2. To construct; to form; to mingle or mix. [Obs.]
         Of this were confected the famous everlasting lamps
         and tapers.                           --Sir T.
                                               Herbert.
         [My joys] are still confected with some fears.
                                               --Stirling.

\Con"fect\, n.
A comfit; a confection. [Obs.]
      At supper eat a pippin roasted and sweetened with sugar
      of roses and caraway confects.           --Harvey.