Conflation
Pronunciation : Con*fla"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A blowing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry. [R.] Bacon.
[L. conflatio.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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