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conflate

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Verb (transitive)
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con=flate

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb conflate has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

conflatev. t. [L. conflatus, p. p. of conflare to blow together; con- + flare to blow.].
  •  To blow together; to bring together; to collect; to fuse together; to join or weld; to consolidate.  [1913 Webster]
    "The State-General, created and conflated by the passionate effort of the whole nation."  [1913 Webster]
  •  to ignore distinctions between, by treating two or more distinguishable objects or ideas as one; to confuse.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

conflate, v.tr. blend or fuse together (esp. two variant texts into one).

Derivative
conflation n.
Etymology
L conflare (as com-, flare blow)
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