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▪ I. † solemnize, n. Obs.—1
[f. the vb.]
Solemnization; solemn rite.
1590Spenser F.Q. i. x. 4 Though spousd, yet wanting wedlocks solemnize.
▪ II. solemnize, v.|ˈsɒləmnaɪz|
Forms: 4–6 solempnise (5 -ese, -ish), 5–6 -yse, -yze, 6–7 solempnize; 6– solemnise (6 -yse), solemnize.
[ad. OF. solem(p)niser, -izer (= Sp. and Pg. solemnizar), or med.L. solemnizare: see solemn a. and -ize. In older verse the stressing soˈlemnize occasionally appears.]
1. trans. To dignify or honour by ceremonies; to celebrate or commemorate by special observances or with special formality.
1382Wyclif 1 Esdras i. 20 There is not solempnisid such a pasch in Irael, fro the times of Samuel. 1460J. Capgrave Chron. (Rolls) 66 Hermes wrot a book that Estern day schuld evyr be solempnyzed on a Sunday. 1480Caxton Myrr. iii. x. 155 To solempnise suche dayes as holy chyrche hath ordeyned. 1530Palsgr. 724/2 The bouchers in London solempnyse saynte Lukes daye above all feestes in the yere. 1597Beard Theatre God's Judgem. (1612) 272 To the end the better to solemnize his entrie to the crowne, commaunded a sumptuous and pompous banket to be prepared. 1623Lisle ælfric on O. & N. Test., Many thousands of Angels solemnised his birth with heavenly songs. 1652Loveday tr. Calprenède's Cassandra i. 22 These two enraged Princes solemniz'd their mutuall fury by the death of so many thousands. 1737Whiston Josephus, Antiq. xix. vii. §1 Agrippa was solemnizing his birth-day. 1787Burns Ode Birthday Pr. Chas. Edward 15 We solemnize this sorrowing natal day, To prove our loyal truth. 1838Thirlwall Greece xliii. V. 317 The king solemnized his triumph with great magnificence at Dium.
2. To celebrate (a marriage) with proper ceremonies and in due form; also, to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
1426Lydg. in Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 136 And there in Troys also was solempnesed The mariage, to conferme up the peas. 1491Act 7 Hen. VII, c. 2 §11 So that thoes espousels be solempnysed in Churche, Chapell, or Oratory. 1533–4Act 25 Hen. VIII, c. 12 The mariage, whiche was solempnised betwene his maiestie and..the lady Catherine. 1588Greene Perimedes Wks. (Grosart) VII. 84 Bradamant..with great pompe solempnised the Nuptials. 1615G. Sandys Trav. 66 They buy their wives of their parents, and record the contract before the Cadi, which they after solemnize in this manner. 1657in Verney Mem. (1904) II. 120 The mariage of the Protector's daughter to Warwick's sonne, is forthwith to bee solempnized. 1713Guardian No. 7 ⁋3 The immature marriages solemnized in our days. 1797Mrs. Radcliffe Italian xiii, He found a priest who would solemnize their nuptials. 1847Emerson Poems, Musketaquid Wks. (Bohn) I. 484 And wide around, the marriage of the plants Is sweetly solemnized. 1886Act 49 Vict. c. 14 §1 No person shall be subject to any proceedings in any court..for solemnizing matrimony between the aforesaid hours.
b. To wed ceremonially. nonce-use.
1592Breton Pilgr. Parad. Wks. (Grosart) I. 20/2 Where sacred mercy first did solempnize The spirite to the fleshe in mariage.
c. absol. To marry.
1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) IV. 168 Let the articles be drawn up, and engrossed; and solemnize upon them. 1804E. de Acton Tale without Title I. 112, I am unalterably resolved never to marry any other woman: and..should I solemnize upon her recovery [etc.].
3. To hold, observe, perform, † proclaim, etc., with some amount of ceremony or formality.
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 233/2 Wherfore themperour establisshed..that the counseyl shold be solempnysed at mylane. 1487–8in Prymer (E.E.T.S.) 170 The Banys where solempnishyd & published betwixt Annes Skerne..and Peres Courteys. 1548–9(May) Bk. Com. Prayer, Communion 121 The Minister hauyng alwayes some to communicate with him, may accordingly solempnise so high and holy misteries, with al..due ordre. 1602Warner Alb. Eng. Prose Addit. 341 There..did [æneas] solemnize an Anniuersarie at the Tombe of his father. 1603in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. i. III. 72 To-morrow..wee doe solemnise the funerails..of her late Majesty. 1641Milton Ch. Govt. v. Wks. 1851 III. 117 To solemnize some religious monthly meeting different from the Sabbath. 1703in Cath. Rec. Soc. Publ. VII. 149 The Anniversary Service for Henri 4 was Solemnized this Morn. 1821Scott Kenilw. xxxiii, The scene of solemnizing some high national festival. 1835Thirlwall Greece x. I. 427 The Megarian peasantry were compelled to solemnize the obsequies of every Bacchiad. 1897G. Allen Type-writer Girl xvii. 189 Dinner solemnised, we withdrew to the comfortable divans of the balcony.
†4. To celebrate with praise or commendation; to laud or glorify. Obs.
1514Barclay Ecloges iv. (1570) C v b/2 And to what vices that princes moste intende, Those dare these fooles solemnize and commende. c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. cviii. i, My hart is bent..God's name to solemnize. a1619M. Fotherby Atheom. ii. i. §7 (1622) 184 Vnto the Sunne, whose glorious regiment All dayes solemnize. 1652Loveday tr. Calprenède's Cassandra i. 49 The bravery of the Course was solemnized with a generall Shout. 1687Lond. Gaz. No. 2266/1 We cannot be satisfied..that what Your Majesty hath now done for them, should be more Solemnized, than what You have always done for us.
5. To make solemn; to render serious or grave.
1726Pope Odyss. xvii. 245 Holy horrors solemnize the shade. 1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) III. 140 Such an inward awe and veneration..as, for a while, sunk his spirits, and solemnized his features. 1802–12Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) II. 561 He solemnizes his tone..and beholds in the air a host of difficulties. 1845Martineau Misc. (1852) 114 A religious ceremonial invested with every beauty that may touch and solemnize their hearts. 1871Mozley Univ. Serm. vi. (1876) 131 That remarkable desire..seems to be innate in all,..the desire to be solemnised. People like being awed.
absol.1865Mozley Miracles vii. 133 A supernatural fact..is a potent influence; it rouses, it solemnizes.
6. intr. To speak or meditate solemnly.
1836Fraser's Mag. XIV. 733 [He] had sermonised and solemnised in sepulchral vaults and feudal towers.
Hence ˈsolemnized ppl. a.
1641G. Sandys Paraphr. Song Solomon iii. iii. 13 At that solemniz'd Nuptiall Feast. |