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so⋅ber

  [soh-ber] adjective, -er, -est, verb
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–adjective
1. not intoxicated or drunk.
2. habitually temperate, esp. in the use of liquor.
3. quiet or sedate in demeanor, as persons.
4. marked by seriousness, gravity, solemnity, etc., as of demeanor, speech, etc.: a sober occasion.
5. subdued in tone, as color; not gay or showy, as clothes.
6. free from excess, extravagance, or exaggeration: sober facts.
7. showing self-control: sober restraint.
8. sane or rational: a sober solution to the problem.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
9. to make or become sober: (often fol. by up).
Origin:
1300–50; ME sobre < OF < L sōbrius

Related forms:
so⋅ber⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
so⋅ber⋅ly, adverb
so⋅ber⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. abstinent, abstemious. 4. serious, quiet, sedate, subdued, staid. See grave 2 . 5. somber, dull. 7. composed, collected. 8. reasonable, sound.

Antonyms:
4. gay.
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so·ber   (sō'bər)   
adj.   so·ber·er, so·ber·est
  1. Habitually abstemious in the use of alcoholic liquors or drugs; temperate.
  2. Not intoxicated or affected by the use of drugs.
  3. Plain or subdued: sober attire.
  4. Devoid of frivolity, excess, exaggeration, or speculative imagination; straightforward: gave a sober assessment of the situation.
  5. Marked by seriousness, gravity, or solemnity of conduct or character. See Synonyms at serious.
  6. Marked by circumspection and self-restraint.
tr. & intr.v.   so·bered, so·ber·ing, so·bers
To make or become sober.

[Middle English, from Old French sobre, from Latin sōbrius; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]
so'ber·ly adv., so'ber·ness n.
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Sober

Sober\, a. [Compar. Soberer; superl. Soberest.] [OE. sobre, F. sobre, from L. sobrius, probably from a prefix so- expressing separation + ebrius drunken. Cf. Ebriety.]

1. Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man.

That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of Thy holy name. --Bk. of Com. Prayer.

2. Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as, the sot may at times be sober.

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

There was not a sober person to be had; all was tempestuous and blustering. --Druden.

No sober man would put himself into danger for the applause of escaping without breaking his neck. --Dryden.

4. Not proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm; as, sober judgment; a man in his sober senses.

5. Serious or subdued in demeanor, habit, appearance, or color; solemn; grave; sedate.

What parts gay France from sober Spain? --Prior.

See her sober over a sampler, or gay over a jointed baby. --Pope.

Twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad. --Milton.

Syn: Grave; temperate; abstinent; abstemious; moderate; regular; steady; calm; quiet; cool; collected; dispassionate; unimpassioned; sedate; staid; serious; solemn; somber. See Grave.

Sober

So"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sobered; p. pr. & vb. n. Sobering.] To make sober.

There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. --Pope.

Sober

So"ber\, v. i. To become sober; -- often with down.

Vance gradually sobered down. --Ld. Lytton.
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Language Translation for : sober
Spanish: sobrio,
German: nüchtern,
Japanese: しらふの
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sober 
c.1300, "grave, serious, solemn," from O.Fr. sobre, from L. sobrius "not drunk, temperate," from se- "without" + ebrius "drunk," of unknown origin. Sense of "moderate, temperate," especially "abstaining from strong drink" is first attested 1338; meaning "not drunk at the moment" is from 1387. The verb meaning "to become sober" is attested from 1820 (usually with up). Sobersides "sedate, serious-minded person" is recorded from 1705.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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