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garble - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'garble' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Garble [ n.]
- Refuse; rubbish.
- Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also called garblings.
2 . Garble [ 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.
- To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.