The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.
The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.
A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.
To make into a confection, prepare as a confection.
The act or process of infiltrating, as of water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.
The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body.
The act of secretly entering a physical location and/or organization.
process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil.