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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Drape \Drape\, v. i.
   1. To make cloth. [Obs.] --Bacon.

   2. To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for
      hangings, costumes, statues, etc.

Source : WordNet®

drape
     v 1: arrange in a particular way; "drape a cloth"
     2: place casually; "The cat draped herself on the sofa"
     3: cover or dress loosely with cloth; "drape the statue with a
        sheet"

drape
     n 1: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
          [syn: {curtain}, {drapery}, {mantle}, {pall}]
     2: the manner in which fabric hangs or falls; "she adjusted the
        drape of her skirt"
     3: a sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a
        medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce
        the possibility of contamination
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