D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Conflate

/kən-flāt'/ · Con·flate · IPA /kənˈfleɪt/
01 v. t. To blow together; to bring together; to collect; to fuse together; to join or weld; to consolidate.
imp. & p. p. Conflated; p. pr. & vb. n. Conflating
  1. 1.
    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.
  2. 2.
    to ignore distinctions between, by treating two or more distinguishable objects or ideas as one; to confuse.