solemnize
verb🔊/ˈsɒləmnaɪz/
🔊/ˈsɑːləmnaɪz/
(British English also solemnise)
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they solemnize | 🔊/ˈsɒləmnaɪz/ 🔊/ˈsɑːləmnaɪz/ |
| he / she / it solemnizes | 🔊/ˈsɒləmnaɪzɪz/ 🔊/ˈsɑːləmnaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple solemnized | 🔊/ˈsɒləmnaɪzd/ 🔊/ˈsɑːləmnaɪzd/ |
| past participle solemnized | 🔊/ˈsɒləmnaɪzd/ 🔊/ˈsɑːləmnaɪzd/ |
| -ing form solemnizing | 🔊/ˈsɒləmnaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈsɑːləmnaɪzɪŋ/ |
- solemnize something
to perform a religious ceremony, especially a marriage 举行（宗教仪式，尤指婚礼） Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French solemniser, from medieval Latin solemnizare, from Latin sollemnis ‘customary, celebrated at a fixed date’, from sollus ‘entire’.