Solemnize

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Solemnize \Sol"em*nize\, n.
     Solemnization. [R.]
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           Though spoused, yet wanting wedlock's solemnize.
                                                    --Spenser.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              Baptism to be administered in one place, and
              marriage solemnized in another.       --Hooker.
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     2. To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate.
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              Their choice nobility and flowers . . .
              Met from all parts to solemnize this feast.
                                                    --Milton.
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     3. To make grave, serious, and reverential.
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              Wordsworth was solemnizzed and elevated by this his
              first look on Yarrow.                 --J. C.
                                                    Shairp.
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              Every Israelite . . . arose, solemnized his face,
              looked towards Jerusalem . . . and prayed. --L.
                                                    Wallace.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  solemnize
       v 1: observe or perform with dignity or gravity; "The King
            solemnized this day of morning" [syn: {solemnise}]
       2: perform (the wedding ceremony) with proper ceremonies [syn:
          {solemnise}]
       3: make solemn and grave; "This ceremony solemnized our hearts"
          [syn: {solemnise}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "solemnize":
     administer Communion, attend Communion, attend Mass, beat the drum,
     blow the trumpet, celebrate, celebrate Mass, commemorate,
     communicate, conventionalize, dignify, dress ship, fire a salute,
     formalize, freer, hallow, hold jubilee, honor, jubilate, jubilize,
     keep, maffick, make merry, mark, memorialize, observe,
     receive the Sacrament, ritualize, signalize, solemnly mark,
     sound a fanfare, stylize, venerate