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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sober  \So"ber\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Sobered};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Sobering}.] 
  To  make  sober. 
 
  There  shallow  draughts  intoxicate  the  brain,  And 
  drinking  largely  sobers  us  again  --Pope. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sobering 
  adj  :  tending  to  make  sober  or  more  serious;  "the  news  had  a 
  sobering  effect" 




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