Dramatize
(Dram"a*tize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dramatized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dramatizing ] [Cf. F. dramatiser.]
To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to
dramatize a novel, or an historical episode.
They dramatized tyranny for public execration.
Motley. Dramaturgic
(Dram`a*tur"gic) a. Relating to dramaturgy.
Dramaturgist
(Dram"a*tur`gist) n. One versed in dramaturgy. Carlyle.
Dramaturgy
(Dram"a*tur`gy) n. [Gr. dramatic composition; drama + a root akin to E. work: cf. F. dramaturgie.]
The art of dramatic composition and representation.
Dramming
(Dram"ming) n. The practice of drinking drams.
Dramseller
(Dram"sell`er) n. One who sells distilled liquors by the dram or glass.
Dramshop
(Dram"shop`) n. A shop or barroom where spirits are sold by the dram.
Drank
(Drank) imp. of Drink.
Drank
(Drank), n. [Cf. 3d Drake.] Wild oats, or darnel grass. See Drake a plant. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Drap d'été
(||Drap` d'é*té") [F., clot of summer.] A thin woolen fabric, twilled like merino.
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.
Draper
(Dra"per) n. [F. drapier.] One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; as, a draper and tailor.
Draperied
(Dra"per*ied) a. Covered or supplied with drapery. [R.] Byron.
Drapery
(Dra"per*y) n.; pl. Draperies [F. draperie.]
1. The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth. Bacon.
2. Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general.
People who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery.
Macaulay.
