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conflate

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con·flate

   [kuhn-fleyt]
–verb (used with object),-flat·ed, -flat·ing.
to fuse into one entity; merge: to conflate dissenting voices into one protest.
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Origin:
1600–10; < L conflātus, ptp. of conflāre to fuse together, equiv. to con- con- + flāre to blow2
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conflate (kənˈfleɪt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—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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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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