ensober
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈsəʊbə(ɹ)/
Verb
ensober (third-person singular simple present ensobers, present participle ensobering, simple past and past participle ensobered)
- 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
References
- “ensober”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.