Sober /(?)/

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.

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.

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

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?

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

   Twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad.

imp. & p. p. Sobered; p. pr. & vb. n. Sobering

1. To make sober.

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

1. To become sober; -- often with down.

   Vance gradually sobered down.