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soberise

soberise is the alternative form of soberize.

Meaning of soberize

Verb

soberize (third-person singular simple present soberizes, present participle soberizing, simple past and past participle soberized)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To make sober.
    • [T]he instant I beheld her, I was soberized into awe and reverence […].1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […]...
    Synonyms:
    sober

Forms of soberise

third-person singular presentsoberises
present participlesoberising
past participlesoberised
pastsoberised

Questions about soberise

What is soberise the alternative form of?
Soberise is the alternative form of soberize.

Words near soberise in the dictionary

  1. sobereth
  2. sobering
  3. sobering down
  4. sobering up
  5. soberingly
  6. soberise
  7. soberised
  8. soberises
  9. soberising
  10. soberize
  11. soberized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: soberise (page history and authors); soberize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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