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   con·flate

   /kənˈflāt/

   verb

   • 1. combine (two or more texts, ideas, etc.) into one: "the urban crisis conflates a number of different economic and social issues"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘fuse or melt down metal’): from Latin conflat- ‘kindled, fused’, from the verb conflare, from con- ‘together’ + flare ‘to blow’.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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