To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert
to garble a quotation
To make false by mutilation or addition
The editor garbled the story.
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
The act by which something is garbled or confused.
The process of removing the unwanted substances present in crude drugs after drying.