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Conflate
Con-flate′
,Verb.
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.
The State-General, created and
conflated
by the passionate effort of the whole nation. Carlyle.
Definition 2024
conflate
conflate
English
Verb
conflate (third-person singular simple present conflates, present participle conflating, simple past and past participle conflated)
- To bring (things) together and fuse (them) into a single entity.
- To mix together different elements.
- To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to treat (them) as equivalent.
Synonyms
Translations
fuse into a single entity
Adjective
conflate (not comparable)
- (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.
- 1999, Emanuel Tov, The Greek and Hebrew Bible: Collected Essays on the Septuagint:
Noun
conflate (plural conflates)
- (biblical criticism) A conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.