ensober

English

Etymology

en- +‎ sober

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈsəʊbə(ɹ)/

Verb

ensober (third-person singular simple present ensobers, present participle ensobering, simple past and past participle ensobered)

  1. (obsolete) To make sober.
    • 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “[XXVIII Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year, […].] ”, in ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1654, →OCLC:
      , "The Mercy of the Divine Judgments"
      sad accidents to ensober his spirits

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ensober”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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