con‧flate /kənˈfleɪt/
verb [transitive] formal[
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Latin;
Origin: past participle of conflare 'to blow together, join', from com- ( ⇒ COM-) + flare 'to blow']
to combine two or more things to form a single new thing:
He conflates two images from Kipling’s short stories in the film.—conflation /-ˈfleɪʃ
ən/
noun [uncountable and countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲