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confirmation
confirmed
confirmedly
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conflate
con·flate
[
kən fláyt
]
(
past and past participle
con·flat·ed
,
present participle
con·flat·ing
,
3rd person present singular
con·flates
)
verb
Definition:
1.
transitive and intransitive verb
combine things:
to join or merge two or more things into a unified whole
2.
transitive verb
mix things:
to fuse or bring things together
I'm afraid you've mistakenly conflated two separate sets of facts.
[
15th century. < Latin
conflat-
, past participle of
conflare
"melt together" <
flare
"to blow"
]
con·fla·tion
[
kən fláysh'n
]
noun
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con·fla·tion [ kən fláysh'n ] noun
