'Tympanize' definitions:
Definition of 'Tympanize'
From: GCIDE
- Tympanize \Tym"pa*nize\, v. i. [L. tympanizare to beat a drum, Gr. tympani`zein.] To drum. [R.] --Coles. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tympanize'
From: GCIDE
- Tympanize \Tym"pa*nize\, v. 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. [1913 Webster]