Definitions for garble
ˈgɑr bəlgar·ble

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. falsify, distort, garble, warpverb

   make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. garbleverb

   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.

2. garbleverb

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

3. garbleverb

   To make false by mutilation or addition

   The editor garbled the story.

4. Etymology: garbeler, from garbellare, from غربل.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To GARBLEverb

   To sift; to part; to separate the good from the bad

   Etymology: garbellare, Italian.

   But you who fathers and traditions take,
   And garble some, and some you quite forsake. Dryden.

   Had our author set down this command without garbling, as God gave it, and joined mother to father, it had made directly against him. John Locke.

   The understanding works to collate, combine, and garble the images and ideas, the imagination and memory present to it. George Cheyne, Phil. Princ.

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1. garble

   Garble refers to the act of distorting or confusing something, particularly information or a message, to the point where it becomes unclear or difficult to understand. It can also refer to the result of such distortion or confusion.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Garbleverb

   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. Garbleverb

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

3. Garblenoun

   refuse; rubbish

4. Garblenoun

   impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also called garblings

5. Etymology: [Formerly, to pick out, sort, OF. grabeler, for garbeler to examine precisely, garble spices, fr. LL. garbellare to sift; cf. Sp. garbillar to sift, garbillo a coarse sieve, L. cribellum, dim. of cribrum sieve, akin to cernere to separate, sift (cf. E. Discern); or perh. rather from Ar. gharbl, gharbil, sieve.]

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1. Garble

   Garble is a blogging system based on the Jasper web programming framework. It also supports Facebook integration via the About Face theme.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Garble

   gär′bl, v.t. to select what may serve our own purpose, in a bad sense: to mutilate, corrupt, or falsify.—n. Gar′bler, one who selects. [Most prob. It. garbellare—Ar. ghirbál, a sieve.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of garble in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of garble in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=garble
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Garble
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=garble
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garble
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=garble
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=garble