conflate

(kuhn-FLAYT)

verb tr.
1. To bring together; meld or fuse.
2. To combine (two variant texts, for example) into one whole.

Etymology
Latin conflare, conflat- : com-, + flare, to blow.

Usage
"This filmic phenomenon has not escaped Forkbeard Fantasy, who have cunningly conflated such ideas in their stageshow, The Fall of the House of Usherettes." — Liese Spencer, The brothers grim, Independent, 9 Feb 1996.

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1a) to bring together: fuse b) confuse(?)
2) to combine (as two readings of a text) into a composite whole

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: mix together different elements
  Synonyms: blend, flux, mix, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - indarbejde i hinanden

Nederlands (Dutch)
samenvoegen/ -smelten

Français (French)
v. tr. - regrouper

Deutsch (German)
v. - verschmelzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - συσσωματώνω, (τυπογρ.) συγχωνεύω (κείμενα)

Italiano (Italian)
fondere insieme, combinare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - fundir

Русский (Russian)
комбинировать, смешивать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - combinar dos textos

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - sammanfläta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
合并, 异文合并

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 合併, 異文合併

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 융합하다, 정리하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 融合する, 合成する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) دمج شيئان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮צירף, חיבר‬

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