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Garble

Garble Meaning & Definition
Garble Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Garble?

[v] make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

Synonyms | Synonyms for Garble: distort | falsify | warp

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See Also | belie | mangle | misrepresent | murder | mutilate

Garble In Webster's Dictionary

\Gar"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Garbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Garbling}.] [Formerly, to pick out, sort, OF. grabeler, for garbeler to examine precisely, garble spices, fr. LL. garbellare to sift; cf. Sp. garbillar to sift, garbillo a coarse sieve, L. cribellum, dim. of cribrum sieve, akin to cernere to separate, sift (cf. E. {Discern}); or perh. rather from Ar. gharb[=a]l, gharbil, sieve.] 1. To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices. [Obs.] 2. To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.
\Gar"ble\, n. 1. Refuse; rubbish. [Obs.] --Wolcott. 2. pl. Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also called {garblings}.

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