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Comfit

verb
1.
Make into a confection.  Synonyms: confect, confection.






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"Comfit" Quotes from Famous Books



... sooth! 'Heart! you swear like a comfit-maker's wife. Not mine, in good sooth; and, As true as I live; and, As God shall mend me; and, As sure as day; And givest such sarcenet surety for thy oaths, As if thou ne'er walk'dst further than Finsbury. Swear me, Kate, like a lady as thou art, ...
— King Henry IV, The First Part • William Shakespeare [Hudson edition]

... confectionary from one of the females, and I was struck with the modesty and propriety of her manner; she was a young mother, and had with her a neatly-dressed child, of which she seemed very fond. I gave it a little comfit, and it turned up its dusky countenance to her and then to me, taking my sweetmeat and at the same time kissing my hand. As yet unacquainted with the coin of the country, I had none that was current about me, and was leaving the articles; but the poor young ...
— An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans • Lydia Maria Child



Words linked to "Comfit" :   assemble, tack, sweet, set up, piece, tack together, put together, confection



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