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soberer


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 




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