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garble


Main Entry: 1gar·ble
Pronunciation: \ˈgär-bəl\
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): gar·bled; gar·bling \-b(ə-)liŋ\
Etymology: Middle English garbelen, from Old Italian garbellare to sift, from Arabic gharbala, from Late Latin cribellare, from cribellum sieve; akin to Latin cernere to sift — more at certain
Date: 15th century

1 archaic : cull 1
2 : to sift impurities from
3 a : to so alter or distort as to create a wrong impression or change the meaning <garble a story> b : to introduce textual error into (a message) by inaccurate encipherment, transmission, or decipherment

gar·bler \-b(ə-)lər\ noun


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