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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garble \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garble \Gar"ble\, n.
1. Refuse; rubbish. [Obs.] --Wolcott.
2. pl Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also
called {garblings}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
garble
v : make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or
story [syn: {falsify}, {distort}, {warp}]
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