con ‧ flate /kənˈfleɪt/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] formal
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: past participle of conflare 'to blow together, join' , from com- ( ⇨ COM- ) + flare 'to blow' ]
to combine two or more things to form a single new thing:
He conflates two images from Kipling’s short stories in the film.
—conflation /-ˈfleɪʃ ə n/ noun [uncountable and countable]