soberize

 [soh-buh-rahyz]  

so·ber·ize

   [soh-buh-rahyz] verb, so·ber·ized, so·ber·iz·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to make sober.
verb (used without object)
2.
Archaic. to become sober.

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Also, especially British, so·ber·ise.

Origin:
1700–10; sober + -ize
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