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.
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Drape, v. i.
1.
To make cloth.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
2.
To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.
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