garble
garble definition
gar·ble (gär′bəl)
transitive verb garbled -·bled, garbling -·bling
- Obsolete to sort by sifting
- Rare to select the best parts of
- to suppress or distort parts of (a story, etc.) in telling, so as to mislead or misrepresent
- to confuse or mix up (a quotation, story, message, etc.) unintentionally, as through inaccurate copying or poor radio transmission
Etymology: ME garbelen < It garbellare, to sift < garbello, a sieve < Ar gharbāl, earlier ghirbāl < LL cribellum, small sieve, dim. of L cribrum, a sieve, akin to cernere: see critic
noun
the act or result of garbling
Related Forms:
- garbler gar′·bler noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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