Sober

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To make sober.

II. Sober ·vi To become sober;

— often with down.

III. Sober ·superl Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man.

IV. Sober ·superl Serious or subdued in demeanor, habit, appearance, or color; solemn; grave; sedate.

V. Sober ·superl Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as, the sot may at times be sober.

VI. Sober ·superl Not proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm; as, sober judgment; a man in his sober senses.

VII. Sober ·superl Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary, or heated with passion; exercising cool, dispassionate reason; self-controlled; self-possessed.

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