Associations to the word «Solemnize»

Wiktionary

SOLEMNIZE, verb. (transitive) (US) To make solemn, or official, through ceremony or legal act.
SOLEMNIZE, verb. To make grave, serious, and reverential.

Dictionary definition

SOLEMNIZE, verb. Observe or perform with dignity or gravity; "The King solemnized this day of morning".
SOLEMNIZE, verb. Perform (the wedding ceremony) with proper ceremonies.
SOLEMNIZE, verb. Make solemn and grave; "This ceremony solemnized our hearts".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats