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solemnizing

solemnizing is the present participle and gerund of solemnize.

Meaning of solemnize

Verb

solemnize (third-person singular simple present solemnizes, present participle solemnizing, simple past and past participle solemnized)

  1. (US, transitive) To make solemn, or official, through ceremony or legal act.
    • The couple chose to solemnize their relationship in a secular ceremony, instead of having a wedding.
  2. To make grave, serious, and reverential.
    • September 27, 1873, John Campbell Shairp, "Wordsworth's Three Yarrows", in Every Saturday
      Wordsworth was solemnized and elevated by this his first look on Yarrow.

Questions about solemnizing

What is solemnizing the present participle and gerund of?
Solemnizing is the present participle and gerund of solemnize.

Words near solemnizing in the dictionary

  1. solemnize
  2. solemnized
  3. solemnizer
  4. solemnizers
  5. solemnizes
  6. solemnizing
  7. solemnlike
  8. solemnly
  9. solemnness
  10. solempte
  11. Solems

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