solemnify
[ suh-lem-nuh-fahy ]
verb (used with object),so·lem·ni·fied, so·lem·ni·fy·ing.
to make solemn: to solemnify an occasion with hymns and prayers.
Origin of solemnify
1Other words from solemnify
- un·so·lem·ni·fied, adjective
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How to use solemnify in a sentence
It stood silent, each man busy with the rising current of his own emotions, solemnified by the faces all around him.
Eben Holden | Irving Bacheller
British Dictionary definitions for solemnify
solemnify
/ (səˈlɛmnɪˌfaɪ) /
verb-fies, -fying or -fied
(tr) to make serious or grave
Derived forms of solemnify
- solemnification, noun
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