SOLEMNIZE
SOL'EMNIZE, verb transitive1. To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate; as, to solemnize the birth of Christ. Their choice nobility and flow'r met from all parts to solem...
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SOLEMNLY
SOL'EMNLY, adverb With gravity and religious reverence. Let us solemnly address the throne of grace.2. With official formalities and be due authority. This question of law has b...
SOLENITE
SO'LENITE, noun Petrified solen, a genus of shells.
SOLENNESS
SO'LENNESS, noun [from sole.] Singleness; a state of being unconnected with others.
SOLICIT
SOLIC'IT, verb transitive [Latin solicito. I know not whether this word is somple or compound; probably the latter.]1. To ask with some degree of earnestness; to make petition t...
SOLICITATION
SOLICITA'TION, noun1. Earnest request; a seeking to obtain something from another with some degree of zeal and earnestness; sometimes perhaps, importunity. He obtained a grant b...
SOLICITED
SOLIC'ITED, participle passive Earnestly requested.
SOLICITING
SOLIC'ITING, participle present tense Requesting with earnestness; asking for; attempting to obtain.
SOLICITOR
SOLIC'ITOR, noun1. One who asks with earnestness; one that asks for another.2. An attorney, advocate or counselor at law who is authorized to practice in the English court or ch...
SOLICITOR-GENERAL
SOLIC'ITOR-GENERAL, noun A lawyer in Great Britain, who is employed as counsel for the queen.
SOLICITOUS
SOLIC'ITOUS, adjective [Latin solicitus.]1. Careful; anxious; ver desirous, as to obtain something. Men are often more solicitous to obtain the favor of their king or of the peo...
SOLICITOUSLY
SOLIC'ITOUSLY, adverb Anxiously; with car and concern. Errors in religion or in science are to be solicitously avoided. A wise prince solicitously promotes the prosperity of his...
SOLICITRESS
SOLIC'ITRESS, noun A female who solicits pr petitions.
SOLICITUDE
SOLIC'ITUDE, noun [Latin solicitude] Carefulness; concern; anxiety; uneasiness of mind occasioned by the fear of evil or the desire of good. A man feels soliciude when his frien...
SOLID
SOL'ID, adjective [L, solidus; from the sense to setting or pressure, and hence allied to Latin solum, Eng. sill.]1. Hard; firm; compact; having its constituent particles so clo...
SOLIDATE
SOL'IDATE, verb transitive [Latin solido.] To make soild or firm. [Little used.]
SOLIDIFICATION
SOLIDIFICA'TION, noun The act of making solid.
SOLIDIFIED
SOLID'IFIED, participle passive Made solid.
SOLIDIFY
SOLID'IFY, verb transitive [Latin solidus, solid, and facio, to make.] To make solid or compact.
SOLIDIFYING
SOLID'IFYING, participle present tense Making solid.
SOLIDITY
SOLID'ITY, noun [Latin soliditas.]1. Firmness; hardness; density; compactness; that quality of bodies whcih resists impression and penetration; opposed to fluidity. That which h...
SOLIDLY
SOL'IDLY, adverb1. Firmly; densely; compactly; as the parts of a pier solidly united.2. Firmly; truly; on firm grounds. A complete brave man ought to know solidly the main end o...
SOLIDNESS
SOL'IDNESS, noun1. The quality of being firm, dense or compact; firmness; compactness; solidity; as of material bodies.2. Soundness; strength; truth; validity; as of arguments, ...
SOLIDUNGULOUS
SOLIDUN'GULOUS, adjective [Latin solidus, solid, and ungula, hoof.] Having hoofs that are whole or not cloven. A horse is a solidungulous animal.
SOLIFIDIAN
SOLIFID'IAN, noun [Latin solus, alone, and fides, faith.] One who maintains that faith alone, without works, is necessary to justification.
SOLIFIDIANISM
SOLIFID'IANISM, noun The tenets of solifidians.
SOLILOQUIZE
SOLIL'OQUIZE, verb intransitive To utter a soliloquy.