Category:Tympanize

Tym"pa*nize, v. i. Etym: [l. tympanizare to beat a drum, gr.

Defn: to drum. [r.] Coles.

Tympanize Tym"pa*nize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tympanized; p. pr. & vb. n. Tympanizing.]

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.