COMFIT

comfit. Comfit, [cumfit] n. a sweatmeat, or preserve

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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.