'Solemnize' definitions:
Definition of 'solemnize'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Solemnize'
From: GCIDE
- Solemnize \Sol"em*nize\, n. Solemnization. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Though spoused, yet wanting wedlock's solemnize. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Solemnize'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- Baptism to be administered in one place, and marriage solemnized in another. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate. [1913 Webster]
- Their choice nobility and flowers . . . Met from all parts to solemnize this feast. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To make grave, serious, and reverential. [1913 Webster]
- Wordsworth was solemnizzed and elevated by this his first look on Yarrow. --J. C. Shairp. [1913 Webster]
- Every Israelite . . . arose, solemnized his face, looked towards Jerusalem . . . and prayed. --L. Wallace. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'solemnize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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