Hypertext Webster Gateway: "solemnize"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Solemnize \Sol"em*nize\, n.
Solemnization. [R.]

Though spoused, yet wanting wedlock's solemnize.
--Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Solemnize \Sol"em*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Solemnized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Solemnizing}.] [Cf. F. solemniser,
sollemniser.]
1. To perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or according
to legal forms.

Baptism to be administered in one place, and
marriage solemnized in another. --Hooker.

2. To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate.

Their choice nobility and flowers . . . Met from all
parts to solemnize this feast. --Milton.

3. To make grave, serious, and reverential.

Wordsworth was solemnizzed and elevated by this his
first look on Yarrow. --J. C.
Shairp.

Every Israelite . . . arose, solemnized his face,
looked towards Jerusalem . . . and prayed. --L.
Wallace.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

solemnize
v : observe or perform with dignity or gravity [syn: {solemnise}]


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