solemnize
verb (used with object)
to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
solemnized
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past participleof solemnize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof solemnize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
solemnizeverb (used with object)to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
Example Sentences
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They lured religious leaders out of their homes by pretending to need a marriage solemnized.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2023
The couple’s Nov. 29 marriage took place at the clerk’s office of the County of Nevada in Nevada City, Calif. Carrie McReynolds, the deputy commissioner of marriages, solemnized their license.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2021
A grand boldness solemnized Mälkki’s performances of Russian scores by Tchaikovsky and Scriabin with the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2021
“It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.”
From Fox News ● Jul. 4, 2020
How solemnized he would have been, how concerned for his own past neglect of God, and the neglect of his people!
From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by William Garden Blaikie
