solemnify

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make solemn. transitive
    — 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).

词形变化

solemnifies present,singular,third-person solemnifying participle,present solemnified participle,past solemnified past

词源

From solemn + -ify.
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