solemnize

solemnize
    v 1: observe or perform with dignity or gravity; "The King
         solemnized this day of morning" [syn: {solemnize},
         {solemnise}]
    2: perform (the wedding ceremony) with proper ceremonies [syn:
       {solemnize}, {solemnise}]
    3: make solemn and grave; "This ceremony solemnized our hearts"
       [syn: {solemnize}, {solemnise}]
    

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