English-Thai Dictionary
comfit
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
COMFIT, COMFITURE
n.A dry sweet-meat; any kind of fruit or root preserved with sugar and dried.
COMFIT
v.t.To preserve dry with sugar.
COMFIT-MAKER
n.One who makes or prepares comfits.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
COMFIT
Com "fit, n. Etym: [F. confit, prop. a p. p., fr. confire to preserve, pickle, fr. L. conficere to prepare; con- + facere to make. See Fact, and cf. Confect. ]
Defn: A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection.
COMFIT
COMFIT Com "fit, v. t.
Defn: To preserve dry with sugar. The fruit which does so quickly waste, ... Thou comfitest in sweets to make it last. Cowley.
COMFITURE
Com "fi *ture, n. Etym: [F. confiture; cf. LL. confecturae sweetmeats,confectura a preparing. See Comfit, and cf. Confiture. ]
Defn: See Comfit, n.
New American Oxford Dictionary
comfit
com fit |ˈkəmfit, ˈkämfit ˈkəmfət | ▶noun dated a candy consisting of a nut, seed, or other center coated in sugar. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French confit, from Latin confectum ‘something prepared, ’ neuter past participle of conficere ‘put together ’ (see confect ).
Oxford Dictionary
comfit
comfit |ˈkʌmfɪt | ▶noun dated a sweet consisting of a nut, seed, or other centre coated in sugar. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French confit, from Latin confectum ‘something prepared ’, neuter past participle of conficere ‘put together ’ (see confect ).
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