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   Drape (drāp), 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.”
   
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   The whole people were draped professionally. De Quincey.
   
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   These starry blossoms, [of the snow] pure and white,
   
   Soft falling, falling, through the night,
   
   Have draped the woods and mere. Bungay.
   
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   2. To rail at; to banter. [Obs.]  Sir W. Temple.
   
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   Drape, v. i.
   1. To make cloth. [Obs.]  Bacon.
   
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   2. To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.
   
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