Bedrape
verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To dress, clothe. archaic
"We moderns bedeck and bedrape us in all sorts of meretricious togas, till a pair of fine eyes and a dashing manner pass for beauty; but when life tries the metal--when nature applies her inevitable test--the degenerate or neurotic type goes to the wall.""
- 2 To drape, cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery.
"The pink and white may, the clumps of lilac, the leafy hedgerows, the verandahs bedraped with mauve wistaria […]—it was all a sight, I can assure you!"
Example
More examples"We moderns bedeck and bedrape us in all sorts of meretricious togas, till a pair of fine eyes and a dashing manner pass for beauty; but when life tries the metal--when nature applies her inevitable test--the degenerate or neurotic type goes to the wall.""
Etymology
From be- + drape.
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