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  • noun Plural form of confect.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confect.

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Examples

  • Longing for the consolation of books, the boy confects stories of pickpockets; ladies with shattered hopes; a miserly old man; a young gentleman with great expectations; a proud, heartless girl.

    Get Yourself Ready To Be Blown Away Meghan Cox Gurdon 2012

  • As Ms. Lebenthal confects the crimes, amateur sleuthing and heartwarming resolutions that give the novel a plot of sorts, she slathers on enough references to faux-chic restaurants, East Side private schools, society dermatologists, kamikaze divorce lawyers, shoe designers, personal trainers and hedged Southampton lanes to fill Women ' s Wear Daily until doomsday.

    Municipal Blondes EDWARD KOSNER 2010

  • He became for many a necessary reminder of what is going on when, in the theological phrase, the priests confects the Eucharist.

    The Mystery of Faith de Brantigny........................ 2008

  • But after last month's day-long hearing, where we learned that the CHRC regularly confects such bigoted comments themselves and goes to great and sometimes illegal lengths to hide their tracks, I just can't take any claims from the CHRC or Warman seriously that rely on Internet comments, the provenance of which cannot be independently verified.

    Ezra Levant: April 2008 Archives 2008

  • But after last month's day-long hearing, where we learned that the CHRC regularly confects such bigoted comments themselves and goes to great and sometimes illegal lengths to hide their tracks, I just can't take any claims from the CHRC or Warman seriously that rely on Internet comments, the provenance of which cannot be independently verified.

    Wolves who cry wolf shouldn't be believed - Ezra Levant 2008

  • He became for many a necessary reminder of what is going on when, in the theological phrase, the priests confects the Eucharist.

    Archive 2008-07-06 de Brantigny........................ 2008

  • When a priest confects the Eucharist, it is the risen Christ himself who replaces the bread and wine on that altar as a living sacrifice of praise to the Father for our salvation.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Mike L 2007

  • When a priest confects the Eucharist, it is the risen Christ himself who replaces the bread and wine on that altar as a living sacrifice of praise to the Father for our salvation.

    Objectivity, abortion, and vocations Mike L 2007

  • The Princess supped at the same table in the hall with the King and Queen, next the cloth of state; and after supper, was served with a perfumed napkin and plates of confects by the Lord

    Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson

  • As the old servants came shivering along the passages, they said, "It is a good thing that children are not late with their suppers; if the confects had been kept long in the larder they would have frozen on the dishes."

    The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales William Patten 1902

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