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conflate (verb):
1a: to bring together : blend
b: confuse
2: to combine (things, such as two versions of a text) into a composite whole
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Conflate can be traced back to the same roots as the English verb blow. Conflate comes from conflatus, a form of the Latin verb conflare (“to blow together, to fuse”), which was formed by combining the prefix com-, meaning “with” or “together,” with the Latin verb flare, meaning “to blow.” Blow’s ancestor, the Old English word blowan, shares an ancestor with flare. When two or more things are conflated, they are figuratively “blown together” either by someone’s confusion or ingenuity. Other descendants of flare in English include flavor, inflate, and, flatulent.
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