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solemnize
[ sol-uhm-nahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- to hold or perform (ceremonies, rites, etc.) in due manner.
- to observe or commemorate with rites or ceremonies:
to solemnize an occasion with prayer.
- to go through with ceremony or formality.
- to render solemn, serious, or grave; dignify.
solemnize
/ ˈsɒləmˌnaɪz /
verb
- to celebrate or observe with rites or formal ceremonies, as a religious occasion
- to celebrate or perform the ceremony of (marriage)
- to make solemn or serious
- to perform or hold (ceremonies, etc) in due manner
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Derived Forms
- ˌsolemniˈzation, noun
- ˈsolemˌnizer, noun
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Other Words From
- solem·ni·zation noun
- solem·nizer noun
- un·solem·nized adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of solemnize1
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Example Sentences
And then I purpose to leave Lord M. (dangerously ill as he is,) and meet her at her appointed church, in order to solemnize.
Afterward all the Bishops and Abbots of Normandy assembled to solemnize the funerall.
No minister is allowed, as a rule, to solemnize the marriage of any man or woman who has a divorced husband or wife still living.
Comparatively few of the latter were permitted to solemnize matrimony during the first forty years of the Province's history.
Hymen himself Will bless this marriage, which we'll solemnize In the presence of these kings.
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