King James Bible Dictionary

SO'BER, adjective [Latin sobrius.]

1. Temperate in the use of spiritous liquors; habitually temperate; as a sober man. Live a sober righteous and godly life.

2. Not intoxicated or overpowered by spiritous liquors; not drunken. The sot may at times be sober

3. Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary or heated with passion; having the regular exercise of cool dispassionate reason. There was not a sober person to be had; all was tempestuous and blustering. Not sober man would put himself in danger, for the applause of escaping without breaking his neck.

4. Regular; calm; not under the influence of passion; as sober judgment; a man in his sober senses.

5. Serious; solemn; grave; as the sober livery of autumn. What parts gay France from sober Spain? See her sober over a sampler, or gay over a jointed baby.

SO'BER, verb transitive TO make sober; to cure of intoxication. There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain and drinking largely sobers us again.

SO'BERED, participle passive Make sober.

SO'BERLY, adverb

1. Without intemperance.

2. Without enthusiasm.

3. Without intemperate passion; coolly; calmly; moderately.

4. Gravely; seriously.

SO'BERMINDED, adjective Having a disposition or tempter habitually sober, calm and temperate.

SO'BERMINEDNESS, n, Calmness; freedon from inordinate passions; habitual sobriety.

SO'BERNESS, noun

1. Freedom from intoxication; temperance.

2. Gravity; seriousness.

3. Freedom from heat and passion; calmness; coolness. The soberness of Virgil might have shown him the difference.