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sober (v.)
late 14c., "reduce to a quiet condition" (transitive), from
sober
(adj.). Meaning "render grave or serious" is from 1726. Intransitive sense of "become sober" (since 1847 often with
up
) is from 1820. Related:
Sobered
;
sobering
.