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Tympanize
Pronunciation : Tym"pa*nize
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. tympanizare to beat a drum, Gr.
Definition : Defn: To drum. [R.] Coles.
i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Tym"pa*nize
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Tympanized; p. pr. & vb. n. Tympanizing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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