Garble

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)bəl

Verb

Infinitive to Garble

Third person singular garbles

Simple past garbled

Past participle garbled

Present participle garbling

to Garble (third-person singular simple present garbles, present participle garbling, simple past and past participle garbled)

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.

Derived terms

• garbley gook

External links

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