Conflate /(?)/

Con·flate

Conflate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Conflated; p. pr. & vb. n. Conflating

  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.
  2. to ignore distinctions between, by treating two or more distinguishable objects or ideas as one; to confuse.