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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Solemnize \Sol"em*nize\, n.
Solemnization. [R.]
Though spoused, yet wanting wedlock's solemnize.
--Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
Baptism to be administered in one place and
marriage solemnized in another. --Hooker.
2. To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate.
Their choice nobility and flowers . . . Met from all
parts to solemnize this feast. --Milton.
3. To make grave, serious, and reverential.
Wordsworth was solemnizzed and elevated by this his
first look on Yarrow. --J. C.
Shairp
Every Israelite . . . arose, solemnized his face,
looked towards Jerusalem . . . and prayed. --L.
Wallace.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
solemnize
v : observe or perform with dignity or gravity
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