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Solemnize   Listen
verb
Solemnize  v. t.  (past & past part. solemnized; pres. part. solemnizing)  
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."
2.
To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate. "Their choice nobility and flowers... Met from all parts to solemnize this feast."
3.
To make grave, serious, and reverential. "Wordsworth was solemnizzed and elevated by this his first look on Yarrow." "Every Israelite... arose, solemnized his face, looked towards Jerusalem... and prayed."





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"Solemnize" Quotes from Famous Books



... it,"[335] (which was really the sound kernel in the Canon law) is regarded as the spirit of the marriage law of the conservative but liberal State of Pennsylvania, where, as recently as 1885, a statute was passed expressly authorizing a man and woman to solemnize their ...
— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis


Words linked to "Solemnize" :   keep, tie, modify, observe, wed, alter, celebrate, change, splice, marry, solemnise


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