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Webster 1913 Edition
Garble
Gar′ble
,Verb.
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. gharbāl
, 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
,Noun.
1.
Refuse; rubbish.
[Obs.]
Wolcott.
2.
pl.
Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; – also called
garblings
. Webster 1828 Edition
Garble
G`ARBLE
,Verb.
T.
1.
Properly, to sift or bolt; to separate the fine or valuabale parts of a substance from the coarse and useless parts,or from dross or dirt; as, to garble spices.2.
To separate; to pick; to cull out.Definition 2024
garble
garble
English
Verb
garble (third-person singular simple present garbles, present participle garbling, simple past and past participle garbled)
- (obsolete) To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt; as, to garble spices.
- To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.
- To make false by mutilation or addition
- The editor garbled the story.
Derived terms
Translations
to mutilate; to pervert
Noun
garble (plural garbles)
- (obsolete) Refuse; rubbish.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wolcott to this entry?)
- (obsolete) Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; garblings.