Solemnize
['sɒləmnaɪz] or ['sɑləmnaɪz]
Definition
(verb.) make solemn and grave; 'This ceremony solemnized our hearts'.
(verb.) perform (the wedding ceremony) with proper ceremonies.
(verb.) observe or perform with dignity or gravity; 'The King solemnized this day of morning'.
Inputed by Carter--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or according to legal forms.
(v. t.) To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate.
(v. t.) To make grave, serious, and reverential.
(n.) Solemnization.
Editor: Manuel
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Celebrate (with solemn ceremonies), commemorate, observe, do honor to, honor, keep.
Typed by Billie
Examples
- In the first place, we are very safe in questioning Mr. Williamson's right to solemnize a marriage. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- This morning there were two marriages solemnized in Briarfield church--Louis Gérard Moore, Esq. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Meanwhile the marriage was appointed to be solemnized in eight weeks' time, and Mr. Bounderby went every evening to Stone Lodge as an accepted wooer. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The sight of the awful and majestic in nature had indeed always the effect of solemnizing my mind, and causing me to forget the passing cares of life. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
Typist: Murray