tympanize
tympanize · tympanizes · tympanized · tympanizing
To stretch, as a skin over the head of a drumTo 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.
Meaning
2 senses(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.
1807, B. Oley, "Prefatory View of Life and Virtues of the Author", in The Clergyman's Instructor by John Randolph Tympanized, as other saints of God were.
(intransitive, obsolete)To drum.
Origin
From tympan + -ize.From tympan + -ize.
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Forms
tympanizes, tympanizing, tympanized, tympanized| Base form | tympanize · to tympanize |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | tympanizes |
| Present participle | tympanizing |
| Past simple | tympanized |
| Past participle | tympanized |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle