ensober

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English

Etymology

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en- +‎ sober

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To make sober.
    • (Can we date this quote by Jeremy Taylor and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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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