Definition of: garble

(gär′bəl) v.t. gar·bled, gar·bling
1. To mix up or confuse; make incomprehensible: to garble a message.
2. To change or alter the meaning or emphasis of (a document, report, etc.) with intent to mislead or misrepresent.
3. Obs. To take the best part of.
4. Obs. To cull or sift. See synonyms under PERVERT.
—noun
1. The act of garbling; a perversion, as of a text.
2. plural Impurities separated from drugs, spices, etc.; refuse; trash. [<Ital. garbellare <Arabic gharbala sift <ghirbal a sieve, ult. <L cribellum, dim. of cribrum a sieve]