Comfit
Comfit , noun
[French confit, prop. a p. p., from confire to preserve, pickle, from Latin conficere to prepare; con- + facere to make. See Fact, and compare Confect.]
A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection.
Comfit , transitive verb
To preserve dry with sugar.
The fruit which does so quickly waste,...
Thou comfitest in sweets to make it last.