conflate

Meanings

Verb

• To bring (things) together and fuse (them) into a single entity.
• To mix together different elements.
• To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.

Adjective

• Combining elements from multiple versions of the same text.

Noun

• A conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.

Origin

• Attested since 1541: borrowed from Latin cōnflātus, from cōnflō; cōn + flō.