† ˈtympanize, v. Obs.
Also 6–7 tim-.
[ad. Gr. τυµπανίζειν to beat a drum, f. τύµπανον tympanum; or late L. tympanizāre (in med.L. in sense 1 b below); cf. F. tympaniser (16th c.), to proclaim or decry loudly, Pg. tympanisar (med.).]
1. trans. To affect with a tympany (lit. or fig.); to distend (the abdomen, etc.) with gas; to inflate, puff up (with pride, etc.).
| 1593 Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 118 The therd sonne of Pride is Atheisme, which is when a man is so timpaniz'd with prosperity,..that he forgets he had a Maker. 1623 Cockeram 11, Swolne with watrish humors, tympaniz'd. 1647 C. Harvey Schola Cordis xii. vi, My windy thoughts with pride are tympaniz'd. 1679 J. Goodman Penit. Pard. i. iv. (1713) 114 To have that element [water] forced down a man's throat till all the vessels of his body are stretched and tympanized. |
b. intr. To be affected with a tympany; to swell (lit. and fig.).
| 1607 R. C[arew] tr. Estienne's World of Wonders 157 Our Ladies..haue so many prophylactica to keepe their bellies from tympanizing. 1635 Heywood Hierarch. vi. 352 Pride in their hearts doth swell and tympanise. |
2. intr. To beat or play on a drum. rare—0.
| 1623 Cockeram ii, To beate a Drum, tympanize. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Tympanize, to play on a Drum, Taber or Tymbrel. |
3. trans. To stretch on the rack.
A former interpretation of τυµπανίζειν in Heb. xi. 35 (prob. rather = to beat with a drum-stick: cf. tympanism 1).
| 1647 Trapp Comm. Heb. xi. 35 Ἐτυµπανίσθησαν.. They were tympanized, distended, stretched upon the rack as a sheeps-pelt is upon a drum-head. 1652 B. Oley Life G. Herbert in Rem. A xj b, To be sawn asunder as Esay, stoned as Jeremy, made a Drum, or Tympanised, as other Saints of God were. |
Hence † ˈtympanizing ppl. a.
| 1607 T. Walkington Opt. Glass i. 7 Swolne with timpanizing pride. |