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conflate

[kuh

n-fleyt]

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verb (used with object), -flat·ed, -flat·ing.

to fuse into one entity; merge: to conflate dissenting voices into one protest.

Origin:
1600–10; < Latin conflātus, past participle of conflāre to fuse together, equivalent to con- con- + flāre to blow²

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conflate (kənˈfleɪt)

—vb
	(tr) to combine or blend (two things, esp two versions of a text) so as to form a whole

[C16: from Latin conflāre to blow together, from flāre to blow]

con'flation

—n

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Word Origin & History

conflate

1540s, from L. conflat-, pp. stem of conflare "to blow together," also "to melt together," from con- "with" + flare "to blow" (see blow (v.1)).

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