garble

Meanings

Verb

  • To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert
  • To make false by mutilation or addition
  • To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt

Noun

Origin

  • From Middle English garbelen, from Anglo-Norman garbeler ("to sift"), from Medieval Latin garbellare (or a similar Italian word), from Arabic غَرْبَلَ ("to sift").

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