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prepare from ingredients; "This medicine is home-confected"

make into a confection; "This medicine is home-confected"

A composition of different materials.

A composition of drugs.

A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey.

Sweet food products combining cane or beet sugars with other carbohydrates and chocolate, milk, eggs, and various flavorings. In the United States, candy refers to both sugar- and cocoa-based confections and is differentiated from sweetened baked goods; elsewhere the terms sugar confectionary, chocolate confectionary, and flour confectionary (meaning goods such as cakes and pastries) are used.

Anything preserved with sugar; candy; a sweetmeat.

Confectio.

A saccharine substance to disguise bitter drugs.

A sweetmeat; conserve. confect.

Anything prepared with sugar; a sweetmeat.

A medicated sweetmeat, conserve, or electuary.

A preparation of soft, solid consistence, composed of one or more medicinal substances, made up with some saccharine excipient, sugar, honey, or syrup. See also conserve and electuary. Among the more common confection's are confection of opium; confection of rose; confection of senna. [Lat.]

n. [Latin] A preparation of fruit, &c., with sugar; a comfit; a mixture.

A preparation of fruit with sugar, a sweetmeat ; a composition, a mixture.