To make or prepare, especially to create something by combining ingredients or putting things together skillfully.
From Latin 'conficere' (to make, to accomplish), from 'com-' (together) and 'facere' (to make), which also gives us 'confection' and 'confectionary.'
Confect connects to confection (candy/sweets), reminding us that the original meaning was about skillfully combining ingredients—so a confectioner literally 'makes things together' by combining flavors and textures.
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