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v. t. [ Pref. ad- + sober. Cf. Ensober. ] To make or keep sober. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. chrysoberyllus, Gr. &unr_;; chryso`s gold + &unr_; beryl. ] (Min.) A mineral, found in crystals, of a yellow to green or brown color, and consisting of aluminia and glucina. It is very hard, and is often used as a gem. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is undutiful to him other actions, and lives in open disobedience. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Disobedience. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. dis- + obedient. See Disobey, Obedient. ] 1. Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to persons and acts. [ 1913 Webster ]

This disobedient spirit in the colonies. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disobedient unto the word of the Lord. 1 Kings xiii. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not yielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the system disobedient to stimuli. E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a disobedient manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. désobéissance. ] Disobedience. [ Obs. ] E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. désobéissant. ] Disobedient. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disobeyed p. pr. & vb. n. Disobeying. ] [ F. désobéir; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + obéir. See Obey, and cf. Disobedient. ] Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate, as an order; as, refractory children disobey their parents; men disobey their Maker and the laws. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not to disobey her lord's behest. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To refuse or neglect to obey; to violate commands; to be disobedient. [ 1913 Webster ]

He durst not know how to disobey. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who disobeys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of disobliging. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A disobliging act; an offense. [ Obs. ] Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Release from obligation. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Releasing from obligation. “Disobligatory power.” Charles I. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disobliged p. pr. & vb. n. Disobliging. ] [ Pref. dis- + oblige: cf. F. désobliger. ] 1. To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating to. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those . . . who slight and disoblige their friends, shall infallibly come to know the value of them by having none when they shall most need them. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

My plan has given offense to some gentlemen, whom it would not be very safe to disoblige. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To release from obligation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Absolving and disobliging from a more general command for some just and reasonable cause. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Release from obligation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who disobliges. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not obliging; not disposed to do a favor; unaccommodating; as, a disobliging person or act. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Displeasing; offensive. [ Obs. ] Cov. of Tongue.

-- Dis`o*bli"ging*ly, adv. -- Dis`o*bli"ging*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make sober. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Sad accidents to ensober his spirits. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. in- not + &unr_;obriety: cf. F. insobriété. ] Lack of sobriety, moderation, or calmness; intemperance; drunkenness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Iso- + Gr. &unr_; weight. ] (Phys. Geog.) A line connecting or marking places upon the surface of the earth where height of the barometer reduced to sea level is the same either at a given time, or for a certain period (mean height), as for a year; an isopiestic line. [ Written also isobare. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Phys. Geog.) Denoting equal pressure; as, an isobaric line; specifically, of or pertaining to isobars. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being equal in weight, especially in atmospheric pressure. Also, the theory, method, or application of isobaric science. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Iso + barometric. ] (Phys. Geog.) Indicating equal barometric pressure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Iso- + Gr. &unr_; deep + &unr_; heat. ] (Phys. Geog.) A line connecting the points on the surface of the earth where a certain temperature is found at the same depth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to an isobathytherm; possessing or indicating the same temperature at the same depth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Iso- + Gr. bronth` thunder. ] (Meteor.) An imaginary line, or a line on a chart, marking the simultaneous development of a thunderstorm, as noted by observing the time when the thunder is heard at different places. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Meso- + -blast. ] (Biol.) (a) The mesoderm. (b) The cell nucleus; mesoplast. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Relating to the mesoblast; as, the mesoblastic layer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Meso- + branchial. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to a region of the carapace of a crab covering the middle branchial region. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Mesobronchia [ NL. See Meso-, and Bronchia. ] (Anat.) The main bronchus of each lung. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Mistaken obedience; disobedience. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who misobserves; one who fails to observe properly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Naso + buccal. ] (Anat.) Connected with both the nose and the mouth; as, the nasobuccal groove in the skate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Prosobranchiata. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; forward, further + &unr_; a gill. ] (Zool.) The highest division, or subclass, of gastropod mollusks, including those that have the gills situated anteriorly, or forward of the heart, and the sexes separate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Sop. ] To soak. [ Obs. ] Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Sobbed p. pr. & vb. n. Sobbing. ] [ OE. sobben; akin to AS. seófian, siófian, to complain, bewail, seófung, siófung, sobbing, lamentation; cf. OHG. sūftōn, sūftjōn, to sigh, MHG. siuften, siufzen, G. seufzen, MHG. sūft a sigh, properly, a drawing in of breath, from sūfen to drink, OHG. sūfan. Cf. Sup. ] To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind of convulsive motion; to sigh with tears, and with a convulsive drawing in of the breath. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sobbing is the same thing [ as sighing ], stronger. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

She sighed, she sobbed, and, furious with despair.
She rent her garments, and she tore her hair. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Break, heart, or choke with sobs my hated breath. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any sorrowful cry or sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

The tremulous sob of the complaining owl. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A series of short, convulsive inspirations, the glottis being suddenly closed so that little or no air enters into the lungs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Soberer superl. Soberest. ] [ OE. sobre, F. sobre, from L. sobrius, probably from a prefix so- expressing separation + ebrius drunken. Cf. Ebriety. ] 1. Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man. [ 1913 Webster ]

That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of Thy holy name. Bk. of Com. Prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as, the sot may at times be sober. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary, or heated with passion; exercising cool, dispassionate reason; self-controlled; self-possessed. [ 1913 Webster ]

There was not a sober person to be had; all was tempestuous and blustering. Druden. [ 1913 Webster ]

No sober man would put himself into danger for the applause of escaping without breaking his neck. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Not proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm; as, sober judgment; a man in his sober senses. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Serious or subdued in demeanor, habit, appearance, or color; solemn; grave; sedate. [ 1913 Webster ]

What parts gay France from sober Spain? Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

See her sober over a sampler, or gay over a jointed baby. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Twilight gray
Had in her sober livery all things clad. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Grave; temperate; abstinent; abstemious; moderate; regular; steady; calm; quiet; cool; collected; dispassionate; unimpassioned; sedate; staid; serious; solemn; somber. See Grave. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sobered p. pr. & vb. n. Sobering. ] To make sober. [ 1913 Webster ]

There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
And drinking largely sobers us again. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become sober; -- often with down. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vance gradually sobered down. Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To sober. [ R. ] Crabbe. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a sober manner; temperately; cooly; calmly; gravely; seriously. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Grave; serious; solemn; sad. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ He ] looked hollow and thereto soberly. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a disposition or temper habitually sober. -- So"ber-mind`ed*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. The quality or state of being sober. [ 1913 Webster ]