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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. mix together different elements;
- Example: "The colors blend well"
[syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Conflate \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.] 1. To blow together; to bring together; to collect; to fuse together; to join or weld; to consolidate. [1913 Webster] The State-General, created and conflated by the passionate effort of the whole nation. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster] 2. to ignore distinctions between, by treating two or more distinguishable objects or ideas as one; to confuse. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

conflate v 1: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" [syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]