solemnize Copy link Outline I. To perform in a solemn manner (e. g. a marriage, funeral, festival, divine service)II. To keep as a festivalIII. To make solemn • solemnize: I. To perform in a solemn manner (e. g. a marriage, funeral, festival, divine service): cĕlĕbro, 1: concĕlĕbro, 1 (rare, but with stronger sign.). frĕquento, 1: v. to celebrate (II.): to perform (I., 5). II. To keep as a festival: festum diem agere, agitare, Cic. Phr.: to s. a day (= to keep it in sad remembrance, prosequi being used by Ov.: Sen., of attending a funeral), prosequi diem, Nep. Att. 4 extr.: to decree that the day on which the victory was gained should be s.d as a festival, decernere ut inter festos referretur dies quo patrata victoria esset, Tac. A. 13, 41, ad fin. III. To make solemn: may be expr. by reddo, efficio, with adj.: v. solemn (IV.), grave.