conflated; conflating; conflates
Definition of conflate
1a
: to bring together : blend
Even more often, outsiders conflate the couple, and credit them with each other's characteristics.— Alison Lurie This unsettling book—conflating journalism, personal reportage, sociology and philosophical inquiry …— Rosemary Mahoney
b
: confuse
Given its name, St. Thomas in Houston has on occasion been conflated with St. Thomas in Minnesota …— David Barron
2
: to combine (things, such as two versions of a text) into a composite whole
For there are two substantive texts, the quarto published in 1597 and the folio in 1623. Modern editions usually conflate the pair to produce what the editor judges to be the best and most plausible hybrid.— Bill Overton
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The first known use of conflate was in 1557
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