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verb - (often with up) To make or become sober.
- (often with up) To overcome or lose a state of intoxication.
- ''I took him hours to sober up.
Translations: - German: ausní¼chtern
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adjective (comparative: soberer, superlative: soberest)
- not drunk; not intoxicated
- not given to excessive drinking of alcohol;
- in character; moderate; realistic; serious; not playful; not passionate; cool; self-controlled
- 2005, w:Plato, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. w:Stephanus pagination, 230d.
- : Which is the finest and soberest state possible.
- dull; not bright or colorful;
Translations: - French: sobre
- German: gedeckt (of colours)
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Etymology: From Old French sobre < Latin sobrius ("without wine") < se- ("without") + ebrius ("intoxicated"), of unknown origin.
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