1) Candied fruit 2) Candy containing fruit 3) Confection 4) Confectionery 5) Confectionery 6) Dried fruit candy 7) European fruit candy 8) French word used in English 9) Make into a confection 10) Sweet
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Comfits are confectionery consisting of dried fruits, nuts, seeds or spices coated with sugar candy. Almond comfits (also known as `sugar almonds` or `Jordan almonds`) in a muslin bag or other decorative container, are a traditional gift at baptism and wedding celebrations in many countries of Europe and the Middle East, a custom which has spr...
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• (n.) A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection. • (v. t.) To preserve dry with sugar.
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Com'fit noun [ French
confit , prop. a past participle , from
confire to preserve, pickle, from Latin
conficere to prepare;
con- +
facere to make. See
Fact , and confer
Confect .] A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar a...
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Com'fit transitive verb To preserve dry with sugar. « The fruit which does so quickly waste, . . . Thou
comfitest in sweets to make it last.
Cowley. »
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[
n] - candy containing a fruit or nut
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noun candy containing a fruit or nut
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a candy containing a nut or piece of fruit.
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