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Attested since 1541: from Latin cōnflātus, past passive participle of cōnflō (“fuse, kindle, blow together”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

To combine or mix together.
broadly To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent. Near-synonym: confuse
broadly To deliberately draw a false equivalence or association, typically in a tacit or implicit manner as propaganda and/or an intentional distortion or misrepresentation of the subject matter. But in reality, the order simply furthers the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant policies by continuing to conflate immigration issues with criminal ones.

not comparable Combining elements from multiple versions of the same text. Why the redactor created this conflate version, despite its inconsistencies, is a matter of conjecture.