Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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. ]
Defn: To blow together; to bring together; to collect; to fuse together; to join or weld; to consolidate.
The State-General, created and conflated by the passionate effort of the whole nation. Carlyle.
New American Oxford Dictionary
conflate
con flate |kənˈflāt kənˈfleɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] combine (two or more texts, ideas, etc. ) into one: the urban crisis conflates a number of different economic and social issues. DERIVATIVES con fla tion |-ˈflāSHən |noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘fuse or melt down metal ’): from Latin conflat- ‘kindled, fused, ’ from the verb conflare, from con- ‘together ’ + flare ‘to blow. ’
Oxford Dictionary
conflate
con |flate |kənˈfleɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] combine (two or more sets of information, texts, ideas, etc. ) into one: the urban crisis conflates a number of different economic, political, and social issues. DERIVATIVES conflation |-ˈfleɪʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘fuse or melt down metal ’): from Latin conflat- ‘kindled, fused ’, from the verb conflare, from con- ‘together ’ + flare ‘to blow ’.
American Oxford Thesaurus
conflate
conflate verb the plot gets weighed down when the writers conflate too many issues into one episode: mix, blend, fuse, unite, integrate.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
conflate
con flate /kənfléɪt /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠〈 (複数の )記述 情報 考えなど 〉をまとめる, 合わせる, 合成する .con fl á tion 名詞 U (異本の )合成 .
The Wordsmith Dictionary