Category: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 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.