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Definition of Soberize
1. v. t. & i. To sober.
Definition of Soberize
1. Verb. (transitive archaic) To make sober. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Soberize
1. to sober [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] - See also: sober
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soberize
Literary usage of Soberize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southern Literary Messenger (1838)
"Sometimes it is not English, as in these words—" noticeable," " untranslatable," "
exultant," " soberize." Often it is deformed by forced conceits, ..."
2. The Christian Examiner (1856)
"... pish-pash soberize weism What precious contributions have we here to the "
well of English unde- filed " ! What purity and legitimacy, contrasted with ..."
3. Dr. Johnson & Fanny Burney by Fanny Burney (1911)
"... wayward power: and imagined that caprices, which he judged to be partly
feminine, and partly wealthy, would soberize themselves away in being unnoticed. ..."
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