soberize

American  

[soh-buh-rahyz] / ˈsoʊ bəˌraɪz /

especially British, soberise

verb (used with object)

soberized, soberizing

1. to make sober.

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verb (used without object)

soberized, soberizing

1. Archaic.  to become sober.

Etymology

Origin of soberize

First recorded in 1700–10; sober + -ize

Example Sentences

He assures me he is now going on with very tolerable regularity; and I have given him, for this term, to soberize and methodize him a little, a private tutor ; and this tutor has won his heart by indulging him in his problem passion.

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