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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Comfit \Com"fit\, n. [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}.] A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Comfit \Com"fit\, v. t. To preserve dry with sugar. The fruit which does so quickly waste, . . . Thou comfitest in sweets to make it last --Cowley. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: comfit n : candy containing a fruit or nut v : prepare from ingredients: "This medicine is home-confected" [syn: {confect}, {confection}]
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