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2 definitions found 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: draped adj 1: covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak; "leaf-clothed trees"; "fog-cloaked meadows"; "a beam draped with cobwebs"; "cloud-wrapped peaks" [syn: {cloaked}, {clothed}, {mantled}, {wrapped}] 2: covered in folds of cloth; "velvet-draped windows"
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