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garble
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garble
v.
distort, jumble, mix up, confuse; misrepresent, falsify
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garble
Verb
1. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
(synonym) falsify, distort, warp
(hypernym) misrepresent, belie
(hyponym) mangle, mutilate, murder
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Garble
(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.
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.
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.
Refuse; rubbish.
(n.)
Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also called garblings.
Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also called garblings.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
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garble
1. An 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. [JP1] 2. In a telephone circuit or channel, readily audible but unintelligible interference from another circuit or channel. Note: Garble may, for example, take place in an FDM telephone carrier system in which an interfering signal from another channel or system is demodulated in such a fashion that it has an objectionable audio power level but is nonetheless unintelligible.
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