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Definition of Garble
1. Verb. Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story.
Specialized synonyms: Mangle, Murder, Mutilate
Generic synonyms: Belie, Misrepresent
Derivative terms: Distortion, Distortion, Distortion, Falsification, Falsifier, Falsity, Falsity, Warp, Warping
Definition of Garble
1. v. t. 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.
2. n. Refuse; rubbish.
Definition of Garble
1. Verb. (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. ¹
2. Verb. To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account. ¹
3. Verb. To make false by mutilation or addition ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Garble
1. to distort the meaning of [v -BLED, -BLING, -BLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Garble
Literary usage of Garble
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia by John Bouvier, Francis Rawle (1914)
"... that is, to defend him in his seisin, and if he do not defend, and the tenant
be ousted, to give him land of equal value. Britt c. 75. garble. ..."
2. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"garble, to select for a purpose ; hence, to corrupt an account. (F.— Span. — Arab.
Orig. to pick out, sort, sift out. — OYgar- beller (see NED), ..."
3. A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from by Richard Chenevix Trench (1865)
"garble. Books only are ' garbled ' now; and ' garbled ' extracts are extracts
which have been dishonestly made, which have been so shifted, mutilated, ..."
4. A Dissertation on the Rights to the Sea Shores and to the Soil and Bed of by James Jerwood, Henry Alworth Merewether (1850)
"Malignant garble and premeditated perversions, from the Doctor's works, were
adduced and audaciously used by his enemies as instruments to accomplish their ..."
5. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"We may, therefore, readily suppose it to have been a coined word from the base
garb- of the verb to garble ; the sense being ' garble-age.' See garble. ..."
6. Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia by John Bouvier, Francis Rawle (1914)
"... that is, to defend him in his seisin, and if he do not defend, and the tenant
be ousted, to give him land of equal value. Britt c. 75. garble. ..."
7. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"garble, to select for a purpose ; hence, to corrupt an account. (F.— Span. — Arab.
Orig. to pick out, sort, sift out. — OYgar- beller (see NED), ..."
8. A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from by Richard Chenevix Trench (1865)
"garble. Books only are ' garbled ' now; and ' garbled ' extracts are extracts
which have been dishonestly made, which have been so shifted, mutilated, ..."
9. A Dissertation on the Rights to the Sea Shores and to the Soil and Bed of by James Jerwood, Henry Alworth Merewether (1850)
"Malignant garble and premeditated perversions, from the Doctor's works, were
adduced and audaciously used by his enemies as instruments to accomplish their ..."
10. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"We may, therefore, readily suppose it to have been a coined word from the base
garb- of the verb to garble ; the sense being ' garble-age.' See garble. ..."
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