\Tym"pa*nize\, v. i. [L. tympanizare to beat a drum,
Gr. ?.]
To drum. [R.] --Coles.

\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.