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Webster 1913 Edition

Tympanize

Tym′pa-nize

,
Verb.
I.
[L.
tympanizare
to beat a drum, Gr.
τυμπανίζειν
.]
To drum.
[R.]
Coles.

Tym′pa-nize

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tympanized
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tympanizing
.]
To stretch, as a skin over the head of a drum; to make into a drum or drumhead, or cause to act or sound like a drum.
[Obs.]
“Tympanized, as other saints of God were.”
Oley.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tympanize

TYM'PANIZE

,
Verb.
I.
To act the part of a drummer.

TYM'PANIZE

,
Verb.
T.
To stretch, as a skin over the head of a drum.

Definition 2024

tympanize

tympanize

English

Verb

tympanize ‎(third-person singular simple present tympanizes, present participle tympanizing, simple past and past participle tympanized)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To stretch, as a skin over the head of a drum; to make into a drum or drumhead, or cause to act or sound like a drum.
    • Oley
      Tympanized, as other saints of God were.
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To drum.
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