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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Drape \Drape\ (dr[=a]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Draped}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Draping}.] [F. draper, fr. drap cloth. See 3d
{Drab}.]
1. To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as
with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc.
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The whole people were draped professionally. --De
Quincey.
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These starry blossoms, [of the snow] pure and white,
Soft falling, falling, through the night,
Have draped the woods and mere. --Bungay.
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2. To rail at; to banter. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple.
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