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† ˈsoberty Obs.
Forms: 4 sobretee, 4–5 -te, sober-, sobirte (5 sobirtee).
[a. OF. sobreté, soberté: see sober a. and -ty.]
Sobriety.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 5972 Þou..madest hym drunk,..And he solde hys þyng to þe More þan he wulde yn soberte. 1340Ayenb. 248 Sobrete is a traw wel precious. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xiii. 217 Þanne had pacience..Sobrete, and symple speche and sothfaste byleue. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode i. cxx. (1869) 62 Sobirtee it hatteth in this cuntre, and also ouer see. 1483Caxton Cato b vj b, Thus sobrete chaseth the deuyl fro the man. |