conflate

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[edit] Etymology

1541[1]: from Latin cōnflātus, from cōnflō (fuse, melt, or blow together); cōn (with, together) + flō (blow).

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Infinitive
to conflate

Third person singular
conflates

Simple past
conflated

Past participle
conflated

Present participle
conflating

to conflate (third-person singular simple present conflates, present participle conflating, simple past and past participle conflated)

  1. To bring things together and fuse them into a single entity.

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  • Notes:
  1. ^ The Online Etymology Dictionary (2001)

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