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garble
gar·ble G0040400 (gär′bəl)tr.v. gar·bled, gar·bling, gar·bles 1. To mix up or distort to such an extent as to make misleading or incomprehensible: The report garbled all the historical facts.2. To scramble (a signal or message), as by erroneous encoding or faulty transmission.3. Archaic To sort out; cull.n. The act or an instance of garbling: a garble of nonsense syllables. [Middle English garbelen, to inspect and remove refuse from spices, from Anglo-Norman garbeler, to sift, and from Medieval Latin garbellāre, both from Arabic ġarbala, to select, from ġirbāl, sieve, from Late Latin crībellum, diminutive of Latin crībrum; see krei- in Indo-European roots.] gar′bler (-blər) n.garble (ˈɡɑːbəl) vb (tr) 1. to jumble (a story, quotation, etc), esp unintentionally2. to distort the meaning of (an account, text, etc), as by making misleading omissions; corrupt3. rare to select the best part ofna. the act of garblingb. garbled matter[C15: from Old Italian garbellare to strain, sift, from Arabic gharbala, from ghirbāl sieve, from Late Latin crībellum small sieve, from crībrum sieve] ˈgarbler ngar•ble (ˈgɑr bəl) v. -bled, -bling, n. v.t. 1. to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble: to garble instructions. 2. to make misleading selections from or arrangement of (fact, statements, writings, etc.); distort: to garble a quotation. n. 3. an act or instance of garbling. [1400–50; late Middle English garbelen to remove refuse from spices < early Italian garbellare to sift < Arabic gharbala < Late Latin crībellāre, derivative of crībellum, diminutive of Latin crībrum sieve (see -elle)] gar′bler, n. garble - Originally meant "to sort out" or "to select in a biased way," and was applied to the selection and sorting out of individual passages from a person's writings or any separation of the good from the bad, of a selection of the worst and setting aside the better; it evolved to mean "to jumble, scramble."See also related terms for select.garbleAn error in transmission, reception, encryption, or decryption that changes the text of a message or any portion thereof in such a manner that it is incorrect or undecryptable.garble Past participle: garbled Gerund: garbling
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I garble | you garble | he/she/it garbles | we garble | you garble | they garble |
Preterite |
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I garbled | you garbled | he/she/it garbled | we garbled | you garbled | they garbled |
Present Continuous |
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I am garbling | you are garbling | he/she/it is garbling | we are garbling | you are garbling | they are garbling |
Present Perfect |
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I have garbled | you have garbled | he/she/it has garbled | we have garbled | you have garbled | they have garbled |
Past Continuous |
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I was garbling | you were garbling | he/she/it was garbling | we were garbling | you were garbling | they were garbling |
Past Perfect |
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I had garbled | you had garbled | he/she/it had garbled | we had garbled | you had garbled | they had garbled |
Future |
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I will garble | you will garble | he/she/it will garble | we will garble | you will garble | they will garble |
Future Perfect |
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I will have garbled | you will have garbled | he/she/it will have garbled | we will have garbled | you will have garbled | they will have garbled |
Future Continuous |
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I will be garbling | you will be garbling | he/she/it will be garbling | we will be garbling | you will be garbling | they will be garbling |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been garbling | you have been garbling | he/she/it has been garbling | we have been garbling | you have been garbling | they have been garbling |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been garbling | you will have been garbling | he/she/it will have been garbling | we will have been garbling | you will have been garbling | they will have been garbling |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been garbling | you had been garbling | he/she/it had been garbling | we had been garbling | you had been garbling | they had been garbling |
Conditional |
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I would garble | you would garble | he/she/it would garble | we would garble | you would garble | they would garble |
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I would have garbled | you would have garbled | he/she/it would have garbled | we would have garbled | you would have garbled | they would have garbled | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | garble - make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or storydistort, falsify, warpmurder, mutilate, mangle - alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language"misrepresent, belie - represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions" | Translationsgarble
garble[′gär·bəl] (communications) To alter a message intentionally or unintentionally so that it is difficult to understand. AcronymsSeeGRBLgarble
Synonyms for garbleverb make false by mutilation or additionSynonymsRelated Words- murder
- mutilate
- mangle
- misrepresent
- belie
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