'Comfit' definitions:

Definition of 'comfit'

noun

Candy containing a fruit or nut

verb

Make into a confection; "This medicine is home-confected" [syn: confect, confection, comfit]

From: GCIDE

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. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Comfit \Com"fit\, v. t. To preserve dry with sugar. [1913 Webster]
The fruit which does so quickly waste, . . . Thou comfitest in sweets to make it last. --Cowley. [1913 Webster]