CONFLATE [\kuhn-FLAYT\] , transitive verb;
1.To bring together; to fuse together; to join or meld.
2.To combine (as two readings of a text) into one whole.
My Sentence
Death conflates families and friends who have not seen each other for a long time in a reunion at the funeral.
Origin:
Conflate is from Latin conflatus, past participle of conflare, "to blow together; to put together," from con-, "with, together" + flare, "to blow."
Word Origin & History
conflate
1541, from L. conflat-, pp. stem of conflare "to blow together," also "to melt together," from con- "with" + flare "to blow" (see blow (v.1)).
