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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Conflate \Con*flate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conflated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Conflating}.] [L. conflatus, p. p. of conflare to
     blow together; con- + flare to blow.]
     1. To blow together; to bring together; to collect; to fuse
        together; to join or weld; to consolidate.
        [1913 Webster]


  
              The State-General, created and conflated by the
              passionate effort of the whole nation. --Carlyle.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. to ignore distinctions between, by treating two or more
        distinguishable objects or ideas as one; to confuse.
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