Synonyms for garble

Grammar : Verb

Spell : gahr-buh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɑr bəl

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Définition of garble

Origin : early 15c., "to inspect and remove refuse from (spices)," from Anglo-French garbeler "to sift" (late 14c.), from Medieval Latin and Italian garbellare, from Arabic gharbala "to sift and select spices," related to kirbal "sieve," perhaps from Late Latin cribellum, diminutive of Latin cribrum "sieve" (see crisis). Apparently a widespread word among Mediterranean traders (cf. Italian garbellare, Spanish garbillo); sense of "mix up, confuse, distort language" (by selecting some things and omitting others) first recorded 1680s. Related: Garbled; garbling.

verb mix up, misrepresent

Example sentences :

It will put his case as it is, not as others might garble it, and will obtain the sympathy of all.'
Extract from : « Under the Chinese Dragon » by F. S. Brereton

He stood on the brim of Garble's lake, shallow and artificial as his past life had been.
Extract from : « The Happy Hypocrite » by Max Beerbohm

So too to garble was once to cleanse from dross and dirt, as grocers do their spices, to pick or cull out.
Extract from : « English Past and Present » by Richard Chevenix Trench

As it is dangerous to garble law papers, we shall lay the document before the public just as it appeared.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

The garbeller had the right to enter any shop or warehouse to view and search for drugs, and to garble and cleanse them.
Extract from : « Old and New London » by Walter Thornbury

We regret to be compelled to garble in our extract so fine a passage of writing.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 70, No. 433, November 1851 » by Various

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.
Extract from : « Familiar Studies of Men and Books » by Robert Louis Stevenson

I had rather consult the papers for myself: for I should not garble them, taking just what suited me, but should read the whole.
Extract from : « Abridgement of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856 (4 of 16 vol.) » by Various

At the very least, if he must garble, let him garble rhythmically, and not add splay feet to spoiled force.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 » by Various

He may refuse to publish improper articles, but he may not garble and misrepresent them without incurring reproof.
Extract from : « History and Ecclesiastical Relations of the Churches of the Presbyterial Order at Amoy, China » by J. V. N. Talmage

Antonyms for garble

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