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conflate
 
SYLLABICATION:con·flate
PRONUNCIATION:  kn-flt
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: con·flat·ed, con·flat·ing, con·flates
1. To bring together; meld or fuse: “The problems [with the biopic] include . . . dates moved around, lovers deleted, many characters conflated into one” (Ty Burr, Entertainment Weekly May 18, 1994). 2. To combine (two variant texts, for example) into one whole.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin cnflre, cnflt- : com-, com- + flre, to blow; see bhl- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:con·flation —NOUN
 
 
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