tympanize Meaning, Definition & Usage

Tym"pa*nize intransitive verb
Etymology
L. tympanizare to beat a drum, Gr. .
Definitions
  1. To drum. R. Coles.
Tym"pa*nize transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Tympanized ; present participle & verbal noun Tympanizing
Definitions
  1. 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 1913