Sober

sō′bėr, adj. not wild or pa ionate: self-po e ed: sedate: grave: calm: regular: simple in colour, sombre: not drunk: temperate, esp. in the use of liquors: ( Scot. ) poor, feeble.— v.t. to make sober: to free from intoxication.— adj. Sō′ber-blood′ed , cool.— v.t. Sō′berise , to make sober.— adv. Sō′berly .— adj. Sō′ber-mind′ed , habitually calm and temperate.— ns. Sō′ber-mind′edne , the state of being sober-minded: freedom from inordinate pa ion: calmne ; Sō′berne ; Sō′bersides , a sedate and solemn person.— adj. Sō′ber-suit′ed , dre ed in a suit of sad-coloured clothes.— n. Sōbrī′ety , state or habit of being sober: calmne : gravity. [Fr. sobre —L. sobrius — se , apart, not, ebrius , drunk.]