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1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   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.
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2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Comfit \Com"fit\, v. t.
      To preserve dry with sugar.
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            The fruit which does so quickly waste, . . .
            Thou comfitest in sweets to make it last. --Cowley.
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