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Garble v. t. (past & past part. garbled; pres. part. garbling)

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. (Obs.)

To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.

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"Garble" Quotes from Famous Books

... this, which may be called his LAST BLAST, there is as sharp speaking as any in the "First Blast" itself. He is of the same opinion to the end, you see, although he has been obliged to cloak and garble that opinion for political ends. He has been tacking indeed, and he has indeed been seeking the favour of a queen; but what man ever sought a queen's favour with a more virtuous purpose, or with as little courtly policy? The question of consistency ...

— Familiar Studies of Men & Books • Robert Louis Stevenson

Words linked to "Garble" : warp, murder, falsify, distort