garble
garble is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.
- 2.Refuse; rubbish. [Obs.] Wolcott.
- 3.pl. Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also called garblings.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abuse
- account
- accountable
- accountant
- acquit
- actuary
- and
- apart
- arithmetic
- aside
- assets
- audit
- auditor
- away
- bad
- balance
- banish
- bar
- bating
- bean
- bill
- blackball
- book
- bookkeeper
- bookkeeping
- bring
- budget
- carry
- cash
- cast
- catachresis
- chartered
- check
- cofferdam
- coloring
- commercial
- construction
- cook
- counter
- credit
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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