solemnify
solemnify verb: to make solemn.
Verb
solemnify (third-person singular simple present solemnifies, present participle solemnifying, simple past and past participle solemnified)
- To make solemn.
- The drink dates to 1861, when it was allegedly concocted at Brooks’s, a Whig party hangout in London, to commemorate the death of Queen Victoria’s prince consort Albert (or, more accurately, as a smoke screen to solemnify taking a glass of either stout or Champagne on so mournful an occasion).2009 March 13, Toby Cecchini, “Mixing Metaphors”, in New York Times
Forms of solemnify
| third-person singular present | solemnifies |
|---|---|
| present participle | solemnifying |
| past participle | solemnified |
| past | solemnified |
Origin of solemnify
From solemn + -ify.
Questions about solemnify
- What does solemnify mean?
- Solemnify means to make solemn.
- What part of speech is solemnify?
- Solemnify is a verb.
- What is the past tense of solemnify?
- The past tense of solemnify is solemnified.
Words near solemnify in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: solemnify (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “solemnify.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/solemnify. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.