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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drape \Drape\, 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
The whole people were draped professionally. --De
Quincey.
These starry blossoms, [of the snow] pure and white,
Soft falling, falling, through the night, Have
draped the woods and mere. --Bungay.
2. To rail at to banter. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drape \Drape\, v. i.
1. To make cloth. [Obs.] --Bacon.
2. To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for
hangings, costumes, statues, etc
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
drape
n : hanging cloth used as a blind [syn: {curtain}, {drapery}, {mantle},
{pall}]
v 1: arrange in a particular way "drape a cloth"
2: place casually; "The cat draped herself on the sofa" [syn: {pose}]
3: cover or dress loosely with cloth; "drape the statue with a
sheet"
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