The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tympanize \Tym"pa*nize\, v. i. [L. tympanizare to beat a drum,
   Gr. tympani`zein.]
   To drum. [R.] --Coles.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tympanize \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.
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