Garble

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EtymologyModificar

Patrono:Xno[[Category:Patrono:Xno derivations|Garble]] [[garbeler#Patrono:Xno|garbeler]] (“‘to sift’”), from Medieval Latin garbellare, from Arabic غربل (ğárbala), “‘to sift’”).

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)bəl

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1. (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.
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.
3. To make false by mutilation or addition

   The editor garbled the story.

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• garbley gook

External linksModificar

• Garble in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Garble in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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