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comfit

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈkʌmfɪt/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A confection consisting of a nut, seed or fruit coated with sugar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A computerised image of a suspect produced for the police force.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To make into a dry sugared confection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

Examples

  • 17th c, Abraham Cowley, The First Nemeæan Ode of Pindar: The Muse, 1795, Robert Anderson (editor), The Works of the British Poets, Volume 5, page 302, The fruit which does so quickly waste, // Men scarce can see it, much less taste, // Thou comfitest in sweets to make it last.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

candy containing a fruit or nut

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sweet, confection

5

verb

Meaning 5

make into a confection

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This medicine is home-confected

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: confect, confection

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together

History

Etymology

From Old French confit (“preserved fruit”), from Latin cōnfectum. Doublet of confect, confetto, confit, and konfyt. Compare confit.

Acronym, from Computer Facial Identification Techniques.

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Spanish: confite — Translations