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solemnizing


  1  definition  found 
 
  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. 




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