Solemnify
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Solemnify is a verb meaning (transitive) To make solemn.
Meaning
(transitive) To make solemn.
Example Sentences
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).
Word Forms
- solemnifies
- solemnifying
- solemnified
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unsolemnize, mortify, unsanctify, sanctify, nobilify, dulcify.
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