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Garbling

To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert

📖 Definitions of "Garbling"

verb

1
To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert
"to garble a quotation"
2
To make false by mutilation or addition
"The editor garbled the story."
3
To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt
"to garble spices"

noun

1
The act by which something is garbled or confused.
2
The process of removing the unwanted substances present in crude drugs after drying.

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