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conflate
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con·flate  (kn-flt)
tr.v. con·flat·ed, con·flat·ing, con·flates
1. To bring together; meld or fuse: "The problems [with the biopic] include . . . dates moved around, lovers deleted, many characters conflated into one" (Ty Burr).
2. To combine (two variant texts, for example) into one whole.

[Latin cnflre, cnflt- : com-, com- + flre, to blow; see bhl- in Indo-European roots.]

con·flation n.

conflate [kənˈfleɪt]
vb
(tr) to combine or blend (two things, esp two versions of a text) so as to form a whole
[from Latin conflāre to blow together, from flāre to blow]
conflation  n
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Verb1.conflate - mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
change integrity - change in physical make-up
gauge - mix in specific proportions; "gauge plaster"
absorb - cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax"
meld, melt - lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene"
mix in, blend in - cause (something) to be mixed with (something else); "At this stage of making the cake, blend in the nuts"
accrete - grow together (of plants and organs); "After many years the rose bushes grew together"
conjugate - unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds
admix - mix or blend; "Hyaline casts were admixed with neutrophils"
alloy - make an alloy of
syncretise, syncretize - become fused
Translations
conflate [kənˈfleɪt] VTcombinar
conflate


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Meanwhile, the group that had filed suit to block Measure R -- because it violates the state constitution by conflating two unrelated issues -- says it will drop its suit out of deference to the voters.
More successful is the two-faced vertical "portrait" painting Janus, 2005, in which a stylized desert plant rendered in creamy yellow, pink, and acid green also reveals itself as a brushy gestural head contained by a thick, cartoonish black outline; the ambiguous gender of the featureless head mirrors the playful disruption of genre expectations engendered by conflating portrait and landscape.
Concluded Nelson-Pallmeyer: "If we want to understand why Christians in the United States have embraced policies that are destroying our country, aggravating threats of terror, creating hatred of the United States around the world, a lot of it has to do with our caving in to a politics of fear and with conflating Christian faith with patriotism and nationalism.
 
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