Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 112
Solemn (a.) 嚴肅的，鄭重的，莊嚴的 Marked with religious rites and pomps; enjoined by, or connected with, religion; sacred.
His holy rites and solemn feasts profaned. -- Milton.
The worship of this image was advanced, and a solemn supplication observed everry year. -- Bp. Stillingfleet.
Solemn (a.) Pertaining to a festival; festive; festal. [Obs.] "On this solemn day." -- Chaucer.
Solemn (a.) Stately; ceremonious; grand. [Archaic]
His feast so solemn and so rich. -- Chaucer.
To-night we hold a splemn supper. -- Shak.
Solemn (a.) Fitted to awaken or express serious reflections; marked by seriousness; serious; grave; devout; as, a solemn promise; solemn earnestness.
Nor wanting power to mitigate and swage With solemn touches troubled thoughts. -- Milton.
There reigned a solemn silence over all. -- Spenser.
Solemn (a.) Real; earnest; downright. [Obs. & R.]
Frederick, the emperor, . . . has spared no expense in strengthening this city; since which time we find no solemn taking it by the Turks. -- Fuller.
Solemn (a.) Affectedly grave or serious; as, to put on a solemn face. "A solemn coxcomb." -- Swift.
Solemn (a.) (Law) Made in form; ceremonious; as, solemn war; conforming with all legal requirements; as, probate in solemn form. -- Burrill. -- Jarman. -- Greenleaf.
Solemn League and Covenant. See Covenant, 2.
Syn: Grave; formal; ritual; ceremonial; sober; serious; reverential; devotional; devout. See Grave.
Solemn (a.) Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence" [syn: grave, sedate, sober, solemn].
Solemn (a.) Characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions; "both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate"; "an entirely sincere and cruel tyrant"; "a film with a solemn social message" [syn: earnest, sincere, solemn].
Solemn (a.) 莊嚴的，嚴肅的 Serious and without any humour.
// A solemn face/ voice.
// Solemn music.
// Everyone looked very solemn.
Solemn promise, commitment, undertaking, etc. 鄭重承諾 An agreement that you make in a serious way and expect to keep.
Solemness (n.) Solemnness.
Some think he wanted solemnes. -- Sir H. Wotton.
Solemnness (n.) The state or quality of being solemn; solemnity; impressiveness; gravity; as, the solemnness of public worship. [Written also solemness.].
Solemness (n.) A trait of dignified seriousness [syn: sedateness, staidness, solemnity, solemness].
Solemnities (n. pl. ) of Solemnity
Solemnity (n.) 莊嚴；嚴肅；莊重；正經 [U]； 莊重的儀式 [C] [P1]；【律】必要形式 A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a sacrament.
Great was the cause; our old solemnities From no blind zeal or fond tradition rise, But saved from death, our Argives yearly pay These grateful honors to the god of day. -- Pope.
Solemnity (n.) Ceremony adapted to impress with awe.
The forms and solemnities of the last judgment. -- Atterburry.
Solemnity (n.) Ceremoniousness; impressiveness; seriousness; grave earnestness; formal dignity; gravity.
With much glory and great solemnity. -- Chaucer.
The statelines and gravity of the Spaniards shows itself in the solemnity of their language. -- Addison.
These promises were often made with great solemnity and confirmed with an oath. -- J. Edwards.
Solemnity (n.) Hence, affected gravity or seriousness.
Solemnity 's a cover for a sot. -- Young.
Solemnity (n.) Solemn state or feeling; awe or reverence; also, that which produces such a feeling; as, the solemnity of an audience; the solemnity of Westminster Abbey.
Solemnity (n.) (Law) A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid.
Solemnity (n.) A trait of dignified seriousness [syn: sedateness, staidness, solemnity, solemness].
Solemnity (n.) A solemn and dignified feeling [syn: gravity, solemnity] [ant: levity].
Solemnity. () The formality established by law to render a contract, agreement, or other act valid.
Solemnity. () A marriage, for example, would not be valid if made in jest, and without solemnity. Vide Marriage, and Dig. 4, 1, 7; Id. 45, 1, 30.
Solemnity (n.) [ U ] (Also Solemnness) 嚴肅，莊嚴，莊重 The quality of being serious.
// The solemnity of a funeral service.
Solemnities (n. pl.)（葬禮等場合）莊重嚴肅的舉止，莊嚴肅穆的儀式 The ways of behaving or the activities that are considered suitable for a serious, formal, social ceremony, such as a funeral.
Solemnizate (v. t.) To solemnize; as, to solemnizate matrimony. [R.] -- Bp. Burnet.
Solemnization (n.) 隆重的慶祝，舉行儀式，莊嚴化 The act of solemnizing; celebration; as, the solemnization of a marriage.
Solemnization (n.) The public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual; "the celebration of marriage" [syn: celebration, solemnization, solemnisation].
Solemnized (imp. & p. p.) of Solemnize
Solemnizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Solemnize
Solemnize (v. t.) 隆重地慶祝，莊重地舉行，使顯莊嚴 To perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or according to legal forms.
Baptism to be administered in one place, and marriage solemnized in another. -- Hooker.
Solemnize (v. t.) To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate.
Their choice nobility and flowers . . . Met from all parts to solemnize this feast. -- Milton.
Solemnize (v. t.) To make grave, serious, and reverential.
Wordsworth was solemnizzed and elevated by this his first look on Yarrow. -- J. C. Shairp.
Every Israelite . . . arose, solemnized his face, looked towards Jerusalem . . . and prayed. -- L. Wallace.
Solemnize (n.) 隆重的慶祝，舉行儀式，莊嚴化 Solemnization. [R.]
Though spoused, yet wanting wedlock's solemnize. -- Spenser.
Solemnize (v.) Observe or perform with dignity or gravity; "The King solemnized this day of morning" [syn: solemnize, solemnise].
Solemnize (v.) Perform (the wedding ceremony) with proper ceremonies [syn: solemnize, solemnise].
Solemnize (v.) Make solemn and grave; "This ceremony solemnized our hearts" [syn: solemnize, solemnise].
Solemnizer (n.) 隆重慶祝者 One who solemnizes.
Solemnly (adv.) 莊嚴地，正式地 In a solemn manner; with gravity; seriously; formally.
There in deaf murmurs solemnly are wise. --Dryden.
I do solemnly assure the reader. -- Swift.
Solemnly (adv.) In a grave and sedate manner; "the judge sat there solemnly".
Solemnness (n.) The state or quality of being solemn; solemnity; impressiveness; gravity; as, the solemnness of public worship. [Written also solemness.]
Solempne (a.) Solemn; grand; stately; splendid; magnificent. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Solen (n.) (Med.) A cradle, as for a broken limb. See Cradle, 6.
Solen (n.) (Zool.) Any marine bivalve mollusk belonging to Solen or allied genera of the family Solenidae; a razor shell.
Solen, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000): 86
Housing Units (2000): 43
Land area (2000): 0.299606 sq. miles (0.775977 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.299606 sq. miles (0.775977 sq. km)
FIPS code: 73820
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 46.387758 N, 100.795812 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Solen, ND
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Solenacean (n.) (Zool.) Any species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the family Solenidae.
Solenaceous (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the solens or family Solenidae.
Soleness (n.) The state of being sole, or alone; singleness. [R.] -- Chesterfield.
Solenette (n.) (Zool.) A small European sole ({Solea minuta).
Compare: Scaphopoda
Scaphopoda (n. pl.) (Zool.) A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called also Prosopocephala, and Solenoconcha.
Scaphopoda (n.) Small class of bilaterally symmetrical marine forms comprising the tooth shells [syn: Scaphopoda, class Scaphopoda].
Solenoconcha (n. pl.) (Zool.) Same as Scaphopoda.
Solenodon (n.) (Zool.) Either one of two species of singular West Indian insectivores, allied to the tenrec. One species ({Solendon paradoxus), native of St. Domingo, is called also agouta; the other ({S. Cubanus), found in Cuba, is called almique.
Solenogastra (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of lowly organized Mollusca belonging to the Isopleura. A narrow groove takes the place of the foot of other gastropods.
Solenoglyph (a.) (Zool.) Pertaining to the Selenoglypha. See Ophidia. -- n. One of the Solenoglypha.
Solenoglyph (n.) [動] 管牙類毒蛇 One of the Solenoglypha.
Solenoglypha (n. pl.) [醫] 管牙類 A suborder of serpents including those which have tubular erectile fangs, as the viper and rattlesnake. See {Fang}.
Compare: Ophidia
Ophidia (prop. n. pl.) (Zool.) 蛇亞目 The suborder of reptiles which includes the serpents; called also {{Serpentes}}.
Note: The most important divisions are: the {Solenoglypha}, having erectile perforated fangs, as the rattlesnake; the {Proteroglypha}, or elapine serpents, having permanently erect fang, as the cobra; the {Asinea}, or colubrine serpents, which are destitute of fangs; and the {Opoterodonta}, or {Epanodonta}, blindworms, in which the mouth is not dilatable.
Solenoid (n.) (Elec.) An electrodynamic spiral having the conjuctive wire turned back along its axis, so as to neutralize that component of the effect of the current which is due to the length of the spiral, and reduce the whole effect to that of a series of equal and parallel circular currents. When traversed by a current the solenoid exhibits polarity and attraction or repulsion, like a magnet.
Solenoid (n.) A coil of wire around an iron core; becomes a magnet when current passes through the coil.
Solenostomi (n. pl.) (Zool.) A tribe of lophobranch fishes having a tubular snout. The female carries the eggs in a ventral pouch.
Soleplate (n.) (Mach.) A bedplate; as, the soleplate of a steam engine.
Soleplate (n.) (Mach.) The plate forming the back of a waterwheel bucket. Soler
Compare: Bedpiece
Bedpiece, Bedplate (n.) (Mach.) The foundation framing or piece, by which the other parts are supported and held in place; the bed; -- called also baseplate and soleplate.
Compare: Solar
Solar (n.) A loft or upper chamber; a garret room. [Obs.] [Written also soler, solere, sollar.] -- Oxf. Gloss.
Soler (n.) Alt. of Solere
Solere (n.) A loft or garret. See Solar, n. -- Sir W. Scott.
Solert (a.) Skillful; clever; crafty. [Obs.] -- Cudworth.
Solertiousness (n.) The quality or state of being solert. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hacket.
Soleship (n.) The state of being sole, or alone; soleness. [R.] -- Sir E. Dering.
Sol-faed (imp. & p. p.) of Sol-fa
Sol-faing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sol-fa
Sol-fa (v. t.) To sing to solmization syllables.
Sol-fa (n.) The gamut, or musical scale. See Tonic sol-fa, under Tonic, n.
Sol-fa (v. i.) To sing the notes of the gamut, ascending or descending; as, do or ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do, or the same in reverse order.
Yet can I neither solfe ne sing. -- Piers Plowman.
Solfanaria (n.) A sulphur mine.
Solfatara (n.) (Geol.) A volcanic area or vent which yields only sulphur vapors, steam, and the like. It represents the stages of the volcanic activity.
Solfeggiare (v. i.) (Mus.) To sol-fa. See Sol-fa, v. i.
Solfeggio (n.) (Mus.) The system of arranging the scale by the names do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, by which singing is taught; a singing exercise upon these syllables.
Solfeggio (n.) Singing using solfa syllables to denote the notes of the scale of C major [syn: solmization, solfege, solfeggio].
Solfeggio (n.) A voice exercise; singing scales or runs to the same syllable [syn: solfege, solfeggio].
Solferino (n.) A brilliant deep pink color with a purplish tinge, one of the dyes derived from aniline; -- so called from Solferino in Italy, where a battle was fought about the time of its discovery.
Soli (n.) pl. of Solo.
Solicited (imp. & p. p.) of Solicit
Soliciting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Solicit
Solicit (v. t.) (v. t.) 請求；懇求；乞求 [（+for）]；徵求；徵集 [（+from）] 誘惑；勾引……做壞事 (v. i.) 請求；懇求；乞求；徵求 [（+for）]；（妓女）拉客 To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.
Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me? -- Milton.
Solicit (v. t.) To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to solicit an office; to solicit a favor.
I view my crime, but kindle at the view, Repent old pleasures, and solicit new. -- Pope.
Solicit (v. t.) To awake or excite to action; to rouse desire in; to summon; to appeal to; to invite.
That fruit . . . solicited her longing eye. -- Milton.
Sounds and some tangible qualities solicit their proper senses, and force an entrance to the mind. -- Locke.
Solicit (v. t.) To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to. [Obs.]
Should My brother henceforth study to forget The vow that he hath made thee, I would ever Solicit thy deserts. -- Ford.
Solicit (v. t.) To disturb; to disquiet; -- a Latinism rarely used.
Hath any ill solicited thine ears? -- Chapman.
But anxious fears solicit my weak breast. -- Dryden.
Syn: To beseech; ask; request; crave; supplicate; entreat; beg; implore; importune. See {Beseech}.
Solicit (v.) Make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities" [syn: {solicit}, {beg}, {tap}].
Solicit (v.) Make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary" [syn: {woo}, {court}, {romance}, {solicit}].
Solicit (v.) Approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park" [syn: {hook}, {solicit}, {accost}].
Solicit (v.) Incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination; "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents".
Solicit (v.) Make a solicitation or petition for something desired; "She is too shy to solicit".
Solicitant (n.) One who solicits.
Solicitate (a.) Solicitous. [Obs.] -- Eden.
Solicitation (n.) 懇切地要求；懇請：誘惑：拉客 The act of soliciting; earnest request; persistent asking; importunity.
Solicitation (n.) Excitement; invitation; as, the solicitation of the senses. -- Locke.
Solicitor (n.) One who solicits.
Solicitor (n.) (Law) An attorney or advocate; one who represents another in court; -- formerly, in English practice, the professional designation of a person admitted to practice in a court of chancery or equity. See the Note under Attorney.
Solicitor (n.) (Law) The law officer of a city, town, department, or government; as, the city solicitor; the solicitor of the treasury.
Solicitor (n.) A petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes [syn: solicitor, canvasser].
Solicitor (n.) A British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents.
Solicitor-general (n.) The second law officer in the government of Great Britain; also, a similar officer under the United States government, who is associated with the attorney-general; also, the chief law officer of some of the States.
Solicitous (a.) 熱心的；熱切期望的；掛念的 Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil; concerned; anxious; careful.
"Solicitous of my reputation." -- Dryden. "He was solicitous for his advice." -- Calerendon.
Enjoy the present, whatsoever it be, and be not solicitous about the future. -- Jer. Taylor.
The colonel had been intent upon other things, and not enough solicitous to finish the fortifications. -- Clarendon. -- {So*lic"it*ous*ly}, adv. -- {So*lic"it*ous*ness}, n.
Solicitous (a.) Full of anxiety and concern; "solicitous parents"; "solicitous about the future".
Solicitous (a.) Showing hovering attentiveness; "solicitous about her health"; "made solicitous inquiries about our family".
Solicitress (n.) A woman who solicits.
Solicitude (n.) 焦慮；擔心；掛念；關心 [U]；擔心的事情 [P] The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire good; anxiety.
The many cares and great labors of worldly men, their solicitude and outward shows. -- Sir W. Raleigh.
The mother looked at her with fond solicitude. -- G. W. Cable.
Syn: Carefulness; concern; anxiety. See {Care}.
Solicitude (n.) A feeling of excessive concern [syn: {solicitude}, {solicitousness}].
Solid (a.) 固體的；實心的；無空隙的；充實的 [Z] Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies; having a fixed form; hard; firm; compact; -- opposed to fluid and liquid or to plastic, like clay, or to incompact, like sand.
Solid (a.) Not hollow; full of matter; as, a solid globe or cone, as distinguished from a hollow one; not spongy; dense; hence, sometimes, heavy.
Solid (a.) (Arith.) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic; as, a solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.
Note: In this sense, cubics now generally used.
Solid (a.) Firm; compact; strong; stable; unyielding; as, a solid pier; a solid pile; a solid wall.
Solid (a.) Applied to a compound word whose parts are closely united and form an unbroken word; -- opposed to hyphened.
Solid (a.) Fig.: Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial, as opposed to frivolous or fallacious; weighty; firm; strong; valid; just; genuine.
The solid purpose of a sincere and virtuous answer. -- Milton.
These, wanting wit, affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men. -- Dryden.
The genius of the Italians wrought by solid toil what the myth-making imagination of the Germans had projected in a poem. -- J. A. Symonds.
Solid (a.) Sound; not weakly; as, a solid constitution of body. -- I. Watts.
Solid (a.) (Bot.) Of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem.
Solid (a.) (Metaph.) Impenetrable; resisting or excluding any other material particle or atom from any given portion of space; -- applied to the supposed ultimate particles of matter.
Solid (a.) (Print.) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
Solid (a.) United; without division; unanimous; as, the delegation is solid for a candidate. [Polit. Cant. U.S.]
Solid angle. (Geom.) See under Angle.
Solid color, An even color; one not shaded or variegated.
Solid green. See Emerald green (a), under Green.
Solid measure (Arith.), A measure for volumes, in which the units are each a cube of fixed linear magnitude, as a cubic foot, yard, or the like; thus, a foot, in solid measure, or a solid foot, contains 1,728 solid inches.
Solid newel (Arch.), A newel into which the ends of winding stairs are built, in distinction from a hollow newel. See under Hollow, a.
Solid problem (Geom.), A problem which can be construed geometrically, only by the intersection of a circle and a conic section or of two conic sections. -- Hutton.
Solid square (Mil.), A square body or troops in which the ranks and files are equal.
Syn: Hard; firm; compact; strong; substantial; stable; sound; real; valid; true; just; weighty; profound; grave; important.
Usage: Solid, Hard. These words both relate to the internal constitution of bodies; but hardnotes a more impenetrable nature or a firmer adherence of the component parts than solid. Hard is opposed to soft, and solid to fluid, liquid, open, or hollow. Wood is usually solid; but some kinds of wood are hard, and others are soft.
Repose you there; while I [return] to this hard house, More harder than the stones whereof 't is raised. -- Shak.
I hear his thundering voice resound, And trampling feet than shake the solid ground. -- Dryden.
Solid (n.) [C] 固體；（液體中的）固態物 [P] A substance that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among its particles; a substance not fluid.
Solid (n.) (Geom.) A magnitude which has length, breadth, and thickness; a part of space bounded on all sides.
Solid of revolution. (Geom.) See Revolution, n., 5.
Solid (a.) Characterized by good substantial quality; "solid comfort"; "a solid base hit".
Solid (a.) Of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous; "ice is water in the solid state" [ant: gaseous, liquid].
Solid (a.) Entirely of one substance with no holes inside; "a solid block of wood" [ant: hollow].
Solid (a.) Of one substance or character throughout; "solid gold"; "carved out of solid rock".
Solid (a.) Line across the page"; "solid sheets of water".
Solid (a.) Providing abundant nourishment; "a hearty meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"; "four square meals a day" [syn: hearty, satisfying, solid, square, substantial].
Solid (a.) Of good quality and condition; solidly built; "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings" [syn: solid, strong, substantial].
Solid (a.) Not soft or yielding to pressure; "a firm mattress"; "the snow was firm underfoot"; "solid ground" [syn: firm, solid].
Solid (a.) Having three dimensions; "a solid object".
Solid (a.) Impenetrable for the eye; "solid blackness".
Solid (a.) Financially sound; "the bank is solid and will survive this attack".
Solid (a.) Of a substantial character and not frivolous or superficial; "work of solid scholarship"; "based on solid facts".
Solid (a.) Meriting respect or esteem; "an upstanding member of the community" [syn: upstanding, solid].
Solid (a.) Of the same color throughout; "solid color" [syn: solid, self-colored, self-coloured].
Solid (a.) Acting together as a single undiversified whole; "a solid voting bloc" [syn: solid, unanimous, whole].
Solid (n.) Matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure.
Solid (n.) The state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape [syn: solid, solidness, solid state].
Solid (n.) A three-dimensional shape.
SOLID, () An acronym for some principles of good software architecture, originally compiled by Robert C. Martin in the 1990s. The letters stand for:
- SRP Single Responsibility Principle
- OCP Open Closed Principle
- LSP Liskov Substitution Principle
- ISP Interface Segregation Principle
- DIP Dependency Inversion Principle
(2017-11-15)
Solidago (n.) (Bot.) A genus of yellow-flowered composite perennial herbs; golden-rod.
Solidago (n.) Goldenrod [syn: Solidago, genus Solidago].
Solidare (n.) A small piece of money. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Solidare (n.) (Currencies) An old coin.
Solidare (n.) A small piece of money. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Solidarity (n.) 團結；團結一致 An entire union or consolidation of interests and responsibilities; fellowship; community.
Solidarity [a word which we owe to the French Communists], signifies a fellowship in gain and loss, in honor and dishonor, in victory and defeat, a being, so to speak, all in the same boat. -- Trench.
The solidarity . . . of Breton and Welsh poetry. -- M. Arnold.
Solidarity (n.) A union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group.
Solidary (a.) Having community of interests and responsibilities.
Men are solidary, or copartners; and not isolated. -- M. Arnold.
Solidate (v. t.) To make solid or firm. [Obs.] -- Cowley.
Solidifiable (a.) 可變硬；可充實；可固化；可凝固 Capable of being solidified.
Solidification (n.) 團結；凝固；固體化 Act of solidifying, or state of being solidified.
Solidification (n.) The process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue" [syn: {hardening}, {solidifying}, {solidification}, {set}, {curing}].
Solidified (imp. & p. p.) of Solidify
Solidifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Solidify
Solidify (v. t.) To make solid or compact.
Every machine is a solidified mechanical theorem. -- H. Spencer.
Solidified (a.) Changed into a solid mass [syn: coagulated, solidified].
Solidify (v. i.) To become solid; to harden.
Solidify (v.) Make solid or more solid; cause to solidify.
Solidify (v.) Become solid; "The metal solidified when it cooled".