资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.]
   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.