solemnize
solemnize is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate. Their choice nobility and flowers . . . Met from all parts to solemnize this feast. Milton.
- 2.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.
- 3.Solemnization. [R.] Though spoused, yet wanting wedlock's solemnize. Spenser.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- all
- amusement
- and
- anniversary
- arch
- artillery
- bonfire
- calf
- celebrate
- celebrated
- celebration
- ceremony
- chair
- china
- comes
- commemorate
- commemoration
- commemorative
- coronation
- day
- diamond
- drink
- fanfare
- feast
- fete
- feu
- fiesta
- flourish
- flying
- golden
- hail
- hallow
- harvest-home
- hero
- hob
- hold
- holiday
- honor
- immortal
- inaugurate
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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