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# solemnize

«solemnize» in Mova's school dictionary: **To hold a formal ceremony for something such as a wedding…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (solemnizes, solemnized, solemnizing; also spelled solemnise)

### meaning for a pupil

To hold a formal ceremony for something such as a wedding or a funeral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solemnize/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a wedding or funeral rites are carried out in a proper, formal way

### examples

- The priest solemnized the wedding in the church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solemnize/#x1)
- They solemnized the funeral with prayers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solemnize/#x2)
- The rites were solemnized in honour of the dead hero. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solemnize/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «solemnize» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solemnize/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.