单词 | soberize |
释义 | soberizev. 1. transitive. To make sober, in various senses. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > make moderate (behaviour) [verb (transitive)] tempera1050 methea1200 measure1340 refrainc1384 attemperc1386 obtempera1492 temperatea1568 obtemperate1575 soberize1707 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > be serious towards [verb (transitive)] > make serious or solemn soberize1707 sober1726 solemnize1726 solemnify1780 1707 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus II. vii. 16 Nor is the Cant of Moderation Design'd to soberrize the Nation. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xxviii. 171 The instant I beheld, her I was soberized into awe and reverence. 1798 A. Seward Lett. (1811) V. 176 The ensuing stanza, though soberized, is very good. 1819 G. Crabbe Tales of Hall I. vi. 128 I was thankful for the moral sight, That soberized the vast and wild delight. 1867 Morning Star 12 Mar. Much soberised in mind, most of them have returned to Cork. 2. intransitive. To become sober. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > moderation in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > become sober assobre1393 sober1820 soberize1831 1831 Fraser's Mag. 3 67 He..emptied his bottle,..sowed his wild oats,..soberized. Derivatives ˈsoberized adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adjective] > made serious or solemn soberized1840 1840 Lady C. M. C. Bury Hist. Flirt viii A quiet soberized look. ˈsoberizing adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adjective] > rendering serious or solemn solemnizing1614 soberizing1860 1860 F. R. Havergal Autobiogr. in Life (1880) 88 A soberizing thoughtful time. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1707 |
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