Dictionary entry

Conflate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Con‐flate″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Conflated; p. pr. & vb. n.Conflating.] [L. conflatus, p. p. of conflare to blow together; con- + flare to blow.] 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.