资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Solemnize \Sol"em*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Solemnized}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Solemnizing}.] [Cf. F. solemniser,
   sollemniser.]
   1. To perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or according
      to legal forms.

            Baptism to be administered in one place, and
            marriage solemnized in another.       --Hooker.

   2. To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate.

            Their choice nobility and flowers . . . Met from all
            parts to solemnize this feast.        --Milton.

   3. To make grave, serious, and reverential.

            Wordsworth was solemnizzed and elevated by this his
            first look on Yarrow.                 --J. C.
                                                  Shairp.

            Every Israelite . . . arose, solemnized his face,
            looked towards Jerusalem . . . and prayed. --L.
                                                  Wallace.