conflate

To conflate is to combine two or more things into one.

(verb)

When you blend two or more different colors together, this is an example of a time when you conflate.

See conflate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to combine or mix (two variant readings into a single text, etc.)

See conflate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb con·flat·ed, con·flat·ing, con·flates

To bring together; meld or fuse: “The problems [with the biopic] include . . . dates moved around, lovers deleted, many characters conflated into one” (Ty Burr).
To combine (two variant texts, for example) into one whole.

Origin:

Origin: Latin cōnflāre, cōnflāt-

Origin: : com-, com-

Origin: + flāre, to blow; see bhlē- in Indo-European roots

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