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conflate
[ kuhn-fleyt ]
/ kÉnËfleÉȘt /
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verb (used with object), con·flat·ed, con·flat·ing.
to fuse into one entity; merge: to conflate dissenting voices into one protest.
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British Dictionary definitions for conflate
conflate
/ (kÉnËfleÉȘt) /
verb
(tr) to combine or blend (two things, esp two versions of a text) so as to form a whole
Derived forms of conflate
conflation, nounWord Origin for conflate
C16: from Latin conflÄre to blow together, from flÄre to blow
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