English

Verb

conflate ‎(third-person singular simple present conflates, present participle conflating, simple past and past participle conflated)

1. To bring (things) together and fuse (them) into a single entity.
2. To mix together different elements.
3. To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to treat (them) as equivalent.

Synonyms

• (to bring together): fuse, meld
• (mix together): mix, blend, coalesce, commingle, flux, immix, merge

Translations

Adjective

conflate ‎(not comparable)

1. (biblical criticism) Combining elements from multiple versions of the same text.
   • 1999, Emanuel Tov, The Greek and Hebrew Bible: Collected Essays on the Septuagint:

     Why the redactor created this conflate version, despite its inconsistencies, is a matter of conjecture.

Noun

conflate ‎(plural conflates)

1. (biblical criticism) A conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.

References

1. ↑ “conflate” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Anagrams

• falconet

Latin

Verb

conflāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of conflō