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com·fit

 (kŭm′fĭt, kŏm′-)
n.
A confection that consists of a piece of fruit, a seed, or a nut coated with sugar.
[Middle English confit, from Old French, from Latin cōnfectum, thing prepared, neuter past participle of cōnficere, to prepare : com-, com- + facere, to make; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]
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comfit

(ˈkʌmfɪt; ˈkɒm-)
n
(Cookery) a sugar-coated sweet containing a nut or seed
[C15: from Old French, from Latin confectum something prepared, from conficere to produce; see confect]
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com•fit

(ˈkʌm fɪt, ˈkɒm-)

n.
a candy containing a nut or piece of fruit.
[1300–50; Middle English confit < Middle French < Latin confectum something prepared]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.comfit - candy containing a fruit or nut
confection, sweet - a food rich in sugar
Verb1.comfit - make into a confection; "This medicine is home-confected"
confection, confect
assemble, put together, tack together, set up, piece, tack - create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"
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Translations

comfit

n (old) → Konfekt nt, → Zuckerwerk (old) nt
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"True, my sweet bird, true," answered the knight, picking a comfit from his gold drageoir.
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Alice had no idea what to do, and in despair she put her hand in her pocket, and pulled out a box of comfits, (luckily the salt water had not got into it), and handed them round as prizes.
The next thing was to eat the comfits: this caused some noise and confusion, as the large birds complained that they could not taste theirs, and the small ones choked and had to be patted on the back.
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Perhaps, too, you like comfits? Well, write and tell me if it is so.
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"That," replied Oudarde dryly, "does not prevent the Flemings having very fine horses, and having had a superb supper yesterday with monsieur, the provost of the merchants, at the Hôtel-de-Ville, where they were served with comfits and hippocras, and spices, and other singularities."
"So true is it that they supped at the Hôtel-de-Ville," replied Oudarde but little affected by this catalogue, "that such a triumph of viands and comfits has never been seen."
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"I liked bonbons too in those days, Miss Eyre, and I was croquant--(overlook the barbarism)--croquant chocolate comfits, and smoking alternately, watching meantime the equipages that rolled along the fashionable streets towards the neighbouring opera-house, when in an elegant close carriage drawn by a beautiful pair of English horses, and distinctly seen in the brilliant city-night, I recognised the'voiture' I had given Celine.
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The Art School's Vegan Excellence menu includes starters of warm salad of roasted fig, summer leaves, fennel, wild rocket, red onion, sugar and salt-roasted walnuts, focaccia croutes with Mirabelle plum dressing - braised turtle beans, wild mushrooms, charred leeks and comfit tomatoes.
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(32) OED sugar-plum n., small round or oval sweetmeat, made of boiled sugar and variously flavoured and coloured; a comfit.
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As a result, they've developed a new range, ComFit, which puts comfort and fit at its core.
A great sight; ADVERTISING FEATURE A NEW RANGE OF GLASSES FROM SPECSAVERS IS SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO BE THE MOST COMFORTABLE YET
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'Light, stylish and comfortable too' A great sight; WE all know how great it feels to find something that fits us perfectly - and that's never more important than with things we wear every day, like our glasses. With many of us relying on our A NEW RANGE OF GLASSES FROM SPECSAVERS IS SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO BE THE MOST COMFORTABLE YET

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