conflationn.
/kənˈfleɪʃən/ 1. The action of blowing or fusing together; composition or blending of different things into a whole. Also concrete, the result of such composition.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > [noun] > action or fact of combining
compositionc1386
combining1552
combination1604
coalition1605
systasis1605
combinement1606
integration1620
conflation1626
complexion1628
coincidence1647
integrating1654
complication1655
consolidationa1676
composure1715
join-worka1774
amalgamy1788
amalgamation1828
synthesizing1830
synthesisa1834
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §225 The sweetest and best Harmony is, when every Part or Instrument, is not heard by it selfe, but a Conflation of them all.
1838 J. Raine Miscellanea Biographica p. ix The Life of Cuthbert in Capgrave, which is a conflation from various sources.
a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1879) II. 1057 Codification..is resolvable into two parts: 1. a re-expression and arrangement of statute law; 2. an extraction from cases of rationes decidendi..3. A conflation of both.
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1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Conflation, a casting or melting of Metal.
1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang.
3. The combination or fusion of two variant readings of a text into a composite reading. Also concrete, a reading which results from such mixture of variants. Cf. conflate adj. 3.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > version of text > [noun] > reading > combination of variants
conflation1881
1881 B. F. Westcott & F. J. A. Hort New Test. in Orig. Greek II. Introd. ii. 95 Bold conflations, of various types, are peculiarly frequent in the Æthiopic version.
1890 Margoliouth Ecclesiasticus 4 (note) The Latin either agrees with the Syriac against the Greek, or else exhibits a conflation of the two renderings.
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