Garble

['gɑːb(ə)l]

(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.

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

(n.) Refuse; rubbish.

(n.) Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also called garblings.

Typed by Ernestine

v. a. Mutilate (a quotation), falsify, pervert, corrupt, misrepresent, misquote.

Edited by Anselm

SYN:Misrepresent, misquote, mutilate, cook, dress, color, falsify, pervert,distort

ANT:Quote, cite, extract, recite

Checked by Alyson

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.

Checker: Stan

Editor: Simon