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

conflate \conflate"\, 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.
      pjc
see also:
conflated conflating 

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