Third person singular present tense of confect; to make or prepare sweets, medicines, or other preparations by combining ingredients.
From Latin conficere (to accomplish, complete, prepare), where con- means 'together' and -ficere (to make or do). The verb form shows the original sense of combining elements to create something new.
The verb 'confect' is rarely used in modern English, but it survives in 'confection' and 'confectioner'—it's a linguistic fossil showing how the act of making sweets was once important enough to have its own verb.
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