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Anglo-Irish scientist (1627–1691)
Robert Boyle (/bɔɪl/; 25 January 1627 – 31 December 1691) was an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, alchemist and inventor. Boyle is
Robert_Boyle
Relation between gas pressure and volume
pressure of a gas decreases proportionally, and vice versa. Boyle's law is named after Robert Boyle, who published the original law in 1662. An equivalent
Boyle's_law
Topics referred to by the same term
Robert Boyle (1627–1691) was an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor Robert Boyle or Bob Boyle may also refer to: Robert
Robert_Boyle_(disambiguation)
English polymath (1635–1703)
as an assistant to the physical scientist Robert Boyle. Hooke built the vacuum pumps that were used in Boyle's experiments on gas law and also conducted
Robert_Hooke
American film art director and production designer
Robert Francis Boyle (October 10, 1909 – August 1, 2010) was an American film art director and production designer. He was nominated for four Academy Awards
Robert_F._Boyle
Canadian-British physicist
Robert William Boyle (October 2, 1883 – April 18, 1955) was a physicist and one of the most important early pioneers in the development of sonar. Boyle
Robert_William_Boyle
Substance composed of multiple chemically bonded elements
modern—has been used at least since 1661 when Robert Boyle's The Sceptical Chymist was published. In this book, Boyle variously used the terms "compound", "compounded
Chemical_compound
Village in Alberta, Canada
kilometres (101 mi) north of Edmonton. Boyle is named after former Alberta Minister of Education, Justice John Robert Boyle (1871–1936), and founded in 1916
Boyle,_Alberta
American animator and director
Robert Boyle II is an American animator, director, producer, writer, storyboard artist, author and illustrator. He is the creator and executive producer
Bob_Boyle_(animator)
Pseudoscientific justification for racism
scientist who studied race was Robert Boyle (1627–1691), an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor. Boyle believed in what today is
Scientific_racism
Branch of natural philosophy
alchemy became popular, including support by fellows of the Royal Society: Robert Boyle and Elias Ashmole. Proponents of the supernatural interpretation of alchemy
Alchemy
Chemical substance not composed of simpler ones
(link) Boyle 1661, p. 36. Boyle 1661, p. 38. Boyle 1661, p. 37. Boyle 1661, pp. 37–38. Boyle 1661, pp. 38–39. Boyle 1661, p. 42. Boyle 1661, p. 29. Boyle 1661
Chemical_element
Shade of blue
medium-dark violet-blue hue. Robert Boyle reported a blue dye produced from the cornflower. This was also called Boyle's Blue and Cyan Blue. This dye
Cornflower_blue
English politician (1566–1643)
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (13 October 1566 – 15 September 1643), also known as 'the Great Earl of Cork', was an English politician who served as
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork
Richard_Boyle,_1st_Earl_of_Cork
American nurse and early AIDS activist, born 1952
Robert Boyle "Bobbi" Campbell Jr. (January 28, 1952 – August 15, 1984) was a public health nurse and an early United States AIDS activist. In September
Bobbi_Campbell
Emergence of modern science (1572-1687)
Wiley & Sons. Boyle, Robert (1676). Experiments and notes about the mechanical origin or production of particular qualities. Boyle, Robert (1675) Experiments
Scientific_Revolution
Theorized universal solvent in alchemy
their own report) used mercuric sulphide to dissolve gold, and informed Robert Boyle about it in a series of letters. The alkahest, according to Starkey,
Alkahest
Canadian politician and judge (1871–1936)
John Robert Boyle KC (February 3, 1871 – February 15, 1936) was a Canadian politician and jurist who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of
John_Robert_Boyle
Scientific study of matter's behavior and properties
chemists at Oxford, Robert Boyle, Robert Hooke and John Mayow began to reshape the old alchemical traditions into a scientific discipline. Boyle in particular
Chemistry
Biannual Royal Society of Chemistry award
Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science, formerly called Boyle Medal, is a prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry for Analytical Chemistry. It is awarded
Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science
Robert_Boyle_Prize_for_Analytical_Science
Classical element
to Robert Boyle in 1679. He illustrated aether and its field around objects in this letter as well and used this as a way to inform Robert Boyle about
Aether_(classical_element)
Author, environmentalist and conservationist
Robert Hamilton Boyle Jr. (August 21, 1928 – May 19, 2017) was an environmental activist, conservationist, book author, journalist and former senior writer
Robert_H._Boyle
Informal group of scholars, as in Royal Society of London's precursor groups
London, which consisted of a number of natural philosophers such as Robert Boyle and Christopher Wren, the term has been of considerable interest to scholars
Invisible_College
Ethnic group native to the island of Ireland
by saints Cillian and Fergal. The scientist Robert Boyle is considered the "father of chemistry", and Robert Mallet one of the "fathers of seismology".
Irish_people
Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493 – 1541)
metal. Even though Paracelsus accepted the four classical elements, in Robert Boyle's The Sceptical Chymist, published in 1661 in the form of a dialogue between
Paracelsus
English philosopher and physician (1632–1704)
Bodleian also holds a copy of Robert Boyle's General History of the Air with corrections and notes Locke made while preparing Boyle's work for posthumous publication
John_Locke
Name list
multi-instrumentalist Robert Arno, engineer Robert Balch (born 1945), American sociologist Robert Anthony Bonomo, American physician and academic Robert Boyle (1627–1691)
Robert
Royal Navy officer and politician (1736–1780)
Captain Robert Boyle-Walsingham FRS (March 1736 – 5 October 1780) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. He was killed in the Great Hurricane of 1780
Robert_Boyle-Walsingham
Ability of a liquid to flow in narrow spaces
In 1660, capillary action was still a novelty to the Irish chemist Robert Boyle, when he reported that "some inquisitive French Men" had observed that
Capillary_action
Philosophy based on the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus
the thought of such figures as Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580–1644), Robert Boyle (1627–1691) or Isaac Newton (1642–1727) is now widely recognized. Throughout
Hermeticism
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Boyle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Boyle may refer to: Boyle, Kansas, an unincorporated community Boyle, Mississippi, a town Boyle County
Boyle
17th-century high-pressure cooker
documented by Gaspar Schott, in a book that was read by Robert Boyle. Boyle and his assistant Robert Hooke improved Guericke's air pump design and built their
Steam_digester
Chemical element with atomic number 1 (H)
scientist Robert Boyle discovered and described the reaction between iron filings and dilute acids, which results in the production of hydrogen gas. Boyle did
Hydrogen
for their scientific contributions include Jan Baptist van Helmont, Robert Boyle, and Isaac Newton. In the Islamic World, the Muslims were translating
History_of_chemistry
American actor (1935–2006)
Peter Richard Boyle (October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006) was an American actor. He is known for his work as a character actor on film and television
Peter_Boyle
College of the University of Oxford
Oxford in the 1650s, the Oxford Philosophical Club, which included Robert Boyle and Robert Hooke. This group held regular meetings at Wadham College under
Wadham_College,_Oxford
Natural philosophy holding that the world comprises fundamental indivisible components
English scientists after Robert Boyle was an amalgam of the systems of Descartes and Gassendi. In The Sceptical Chymist (1661), Boyle demonstrates problems
Atomism
Lowest theoretical temperature
first to discuss the possibility of an absolute minimal temperature was Robert Boyle. His 1665 New Experiments and Observations touching Cold, articulated
Absolute_zero
Physical laws describing gases
barometer, as well as drawing the attention of Robert Boyle, then a "skeptical" scientist working in England. Boyle was inspired by Torricelli's experiment to
Gas_laws
Physical theory that supposes all matter to be composed of minute particles
especially with the names of Thomas Hobbes, René Descartes, Pierre Gassendi, Robert Boyle, Isaac Newton, and John Locke, corpuscularian theories can be found throughout
Corpuscularianism
The Boyle Lectures are a series of public lectures named after 17th century Anglo-Irish scientist and philosopher Robert Boyle (1627 – 1691), a prominent
Boyle_Lectures
Theory in physics about the nature of light
emissions from various sources such as solar entities, animals, or plants. Robert Boyle was a strong proponent of corpuscularianism and used the theory to exemplify
Corpuscular_theory_of_light
Concept in philosophy and early physics
in the context of 17th-century fluid mechanics, by Thomas Hobbes and Robert Boyle, among others, and through the early 18th century by Sir Isaac Newton
Horror_vacui_(philosophy)
Australian conservationist (1962–2006)
Stephen Robert Irwin (22 February 1962 – 4 September 2006) was an Australian conservationist, environmentalist, zookeeper, television personality, and
Steve_Irwin
CH3OH; simplest possible alcohol
pyrolysis of wood. Pure methanol, however, was first isolated in 1661 by Robert Boyle, when he produced it via the distillation of buxus (boxwood). It later
Methanol
American game designer
Robert Boyle is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. Rob Boyle was working as an editor for FASA as the company was closing
Rob_Boyle
Robert Edward Boyle (March 1809 – 3 September 1854) was a British soldier and Liberal Party politician. Boyle was the fourth son of Edmund Boyle, 8th Earl
Robert_Edward_Boyle
State of matter
four characteristics were repeatedly observed by scientists such as Robert Boyle, Jacques Charles, John Dalton, Joseph Gay-Lussac and Amedeo Avogadro
Gas
Irish contributions to science, technology, and engineering
experimental evidence and the concept of chemical elements. 1662: Boyle's law – Robert Boyle discovered the inverse relationship between the pressure and volume
Timeline of Irish inventions and discoveries
Timeline_of_Irish_inventions_and_discoveries
Phenomena not subject to the laws of nature
doi:10.1525/eth.1977.5.1.02a00040. Boyle, Robert; Stewart, M.A. (1991). Selected Philosophical Papers of Robert Boyle. HPC Classics Series. Hackett. pp
Supernatural
Historical type of medicine
of Egyptian mumia continued through the 17th century. The physicist Robert Boyle (1627–1691) praised it as "one of the useful medicines commended and
Mummia
Transmutation into gold
alchemy throughout its history, from Zosimus of Panopolis (fl. c. 300) to Robert Boyle (1627–1691). The word was used in the title of a brief alchemical work
Chrysopoeia
Emission of light by a living organism
mention that damp wood sometimes gives off a glow. Many centuries later Robert Boyle showed that oxygen was involved in the process, in wood, fish, and glowworms
Bioluminescence
Ancient Greek philosopher (341–270 BC)
which was promoted by other writers, including Walter Charleton and Robert Boyle. His influence grew considerably during and after the Enlightenment,
Epicurus
Space that is empty of matter
which the air had been partially evacuated. Robert Boyle improved Guericke's design and with the help of Robert Hooke further developed vacuum pump technology
Vacuum
French physicist and priest
(abbé). He is particularly well known for formulating Boyle's law independently of Robert Boyle. Mariotte is also credited with designing the first Newton's
Edme_Mariotte
Memorial to the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley
1655 and 1668 lived ROBERT BOYLE Here he discovered BOYLE'S LAW and made experiments with an AIR PUMP designed by his assistant ROBERT HOOKE Inventor Scientist
Shelley_Memorial
Surname list
Richard Boyle (disambiguation), multiple people Robert Boyle (disambiguation), multiple people Stephen Boyle (disambiguation), multiple people Tommy Boyle (disambiguation)
Boyle_(surname)
Fundamental color in color mixing
painter, was skeptical of the practical relevance of Pliny's account. Robert Boyle, the Irish chemist, introduced the term primary color in English in 1664
Primary_color
Electrically neutral group of two or more atoms
bonds began in the 17th century. Refined over time by scientists such as Robert Boyle, Amedeo Avogadro, Jean Perrin, and Linus Pauling, the study of molecules
Molecule
English filmmaker (born 1956)
Daniel Francis Boyle (born 20 October 1956) is an English director and producer. He has been described by the British Film Institute as "one of the liveliest
Danny_Boyle
Difference in shape from a mirror image
object. The term was first used by Lord Kelvin in 1893 in the second Robert Boyle Lecture at the Oxford University Junior Scientific Club, which was published
Chirality
The Robert Boyle Lecture is a lecture series delivered to the Oxford University Scientific Club (formerly the Oxford University Junior Scientific Club)
Robert_Boyle_Lecture
Dog breed used for tracking by scent
Development (2vols). "M.Barwick: Robert Boyle's Account". Bloodhounds.org.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2017. Boyle, Robert (1772) [1673]. Birch, T (ed.). On
Bloodhound
Obsolete postulated medium for the propagation of light
nature of light. In the 17th century, Robert Boyle was a proponent of an aether hypothesis. According to Boyle, the aether consists of subtle particles
Luminiferous_aether
Robert Boyle. The book contains the results of numerous experiments and establishes an early version of the law of conservation of mass. Robert Boyle
Timeline_of_chemistry
1661 book by Robert Boyle
title of a book by Robert Boyle, published in London in 1661. In the form of a dialogue, the Sceptical Chymist presented Boyle's hypothesis that matter
The_Sceptical_Chymist
Scottish folklorist (1644–1692)
translations of the Bible into Scottish Gaelic. Gentleman scientist Robert Boyle financed the publication of the Gaelic Bible and pursued inquiries into
Robert_Kirk_(folklorist)
Island in the North Atlantic Ocean
the discovery of the approximate location of the South Magnetic Pole. Robert Boyle was a 17th-century natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, inventor
Ireland
17th-century German alchemist
Subsequently, both Swedish chemist Johann Kunckel (in 1678) and Irish chemist Robert Boyle (in 1680) were able to independently discover phosphorus; the latter's
Hennig_Brand
Retired US Navy officer and professor of oceanography (born 1942)
Robert Duane Ballard (born June 30, 1942) is an American retired Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is
Robert_Ballard
Alchemical still
Islam, vol. 1 (2nd ed.), Brill, p. 486a, ISBN 90-04-08114-3 Henry Liddell; Robert Scott, eds. (1897), "ἄμβιξ", A Greek–English Lexicon (8th ed.), Harper &
Alembic
Influential English astronomer, mathematician and natural scientist
significant and impactful. One of these was with Robert Boyle, helping formulate Boyle's law, or as Boyle named it, "Mr. Towneley's hypothesis". He also
Richard_Towneley
Thermodynamic property of real gas
The Boyle temperature, named after Robert Boyle, is formally defined as the temperature for which the second virial coefficient, B 2 ( T ) {\displaystyle
Boyle_temperature
Philosophical study of nature
2307/2707281. JSTOR 2707281. Boyle, Robert; Stewart, M.A. (1991). Selected Philosophical Papers of Robert Boyle. HPC Classics Series. Hackett. pp. 176–177
Natural_philosophy
British learned society
founders were Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, William Brouncker and Robert Moray. At the second meeting, Sir Robert Moray announced that the King
Royal_Society
American chemist and historian of science
on the works of Robert Boyle, especially their connection to the earlier study of alchemy. His book The Aspiring Adept: Robert Boyle and His Alchemical
Lawrence_M._Principe
British historian
eighteenth-century England, particularly the work of Robert Boyle. In Noel Malcolm's judgement, Hunter "has done more for Boyle studies than anyone before him (or, one
Michael_Hunter_(historian)
Book by Steven Shapin and Simon Schaffer
Hobbes, Boyle, and the Experimental Life (published 1985) is a book by Steven Shapin and Simon Schaffer. It examines the debate between Robert Boyle and Thomas
Leviathan_and_the_Air-Pump
American football player (born 1961)
James Robert Boyle (born July 27, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle for two seasons with the Pittsburgh
Jim_Boyle_(American_football)
Irish actor (born 1994)
Anthony Boyle (born 8 June 1994) is an actor from Northern Ireland. A graduate of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Boyle began his acting career
Anthony_Boyle
1690 book by Robert Boyle
The Christian Virtuoso (1690) was one of the last books published by Robert Boyle, who was a champion of his Anglican faith. This book summarised his religious
The_Christian_Virtuoso
One hundred years, from 1601 to 1700
Descartes, Pierre Fermat, Blaise Pascal, Robert Boyle, Christiaan Huygens, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Robert Hooke, Isaac Newton, and Gottfried Wilhelm
17th_century
Chemical element with atomic number 8 (O)
important connection was not understood by contemporary scientists like Robert Boyle. Unaware of Sendivogius's work, John Mayow wrote about a portion of air
Oxygen
King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1660 to 1685
Society members, especially Moray. In addition, Robert Boyle gave him a private viewing of the Boyle/Hooke air-pump, which was used at many of the Wednesday
Charles_II_of_England
Swedish chemist (1779–1848)
August 1848) was a Swedish chemist. Berzelius is considered, along with Robert Boyle, John Dalton, and Antoine Lavoisier, to be one of the founders of modern
Jöns_Jacob_Berzelius
Glass jar used in scientific experiments
scientific experiments using a bell jar to provide a vacuum were reported by Robert Boyle. In his book, New Experiments Physico-Mechanicall, Touching the Spring
Bell_jar
1768 painting by Joseph Wright of Derby
philosopher, a forerunner of the modern scientist, recreating one of Robert Boyle's air pump experiments, in which a bird is deprived of air before a group
An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
An_Experiment_on_a_Bird_in_the_Air_Pump
Building in County Waterford, Ireland
tapestry hangings, embroidered silks and velvet. It was here in 1626 that Robert Boyle, the Father of Modern Chemistry, the fourteenth of the Earl's fifteen
Lismore_Castle
Title in the peerage of Ireland
(1897–1917) Robert Henry Boyle, 8th Earl of Shannon (1900–1963) Richard Bentinck Boyle, 9th Earl of Shannon (1924–2013) (Richard) Henry John Boyle, 10th Earl
Earl_of_Shannon
Category of disciplines and sub-disciplines in Physics
century onward, thermodynamics was developed by physicist and chemist Robert Boyle, Thomas Young, and many others. In 1733, Daniel Bernoulli used statistical
Experimental_physics
British ocean liner (1907–1915)
Retrieved 12 February 2025. Ballard, Robert D.; Archbold, Rick; Marshall, Ken (2005). The Lost Ships of Robert Ballard. Toronto: Ontario: Madison Press
RMS_Lusitania
Overview of and topical guide to alchemy
proponent of the use of alchemy. Paracelsus – developer of iatrochemistry. Robert Boyle – alchemist critical of Paracelsus, credited as the father of modern
Outline_of_alchemy
American journalist
Samuel Boyle, III, was a newspaper editor. An uncle, Robert Boyle, was an innovative editor for the Pottstown Mercury. His younger brother, Bill Boyle (who
Samuel_Boyle_(journalist)
Abrahamic monotheistic religion
Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, Isaac Newton and Robert Boyle. In the era known as the Great Divergence, when in the West, the Age
Christianity
Heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid
Mechanica Hydraulico-Pneumatica (1657). After reading Schott's book, Robert Boyle built an improved vacuum pump and conducted related experiments. Denis
History_of_the_steam_engine
British theosophist (1849–1919)
he married Matilda (Maude) Louise Travers (1859–1929), daughter of Dr Robert Boyle Travers F.R.C.S., of Farsid Lodge, Rostellan, County Cork, Ireland. Scott-Elliot
William_Scott-Elliot
Television series
of scientists from the RTÉ longlist. Robert Boyle, (1627-1691) founder of modern chemistry and discover of Boyle's law William Rowan Hamilton, (1805-1865)
Ireland's_Greatest
1997 novel by Iain Pears
Other characters include the philosopher John Locke, the scientists Robert Boyle and Richard Lower, spymaster John Thurloe, inventor Samuel Morland and
An_Instance_of_the_Fingerpost
Russian polymath (1711–1765)
discovered the works of 17th century Irish theologian and natural philosopher Robert Boyle, and even began writing poetry. He also developed an interest in German
Mikhail_Lomonosov
ROBERT BOYLE
ROBERT BOYLE
Male
Welsh
Welsh form of German Hrodebert, RHOBERT means "bright fame."Â
Male
Czechoslovakian
, bright fame.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Danish, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Swiss, Teutonic
Bright with Fame; Wide Fame; Spanish Form of Robert Shining Fame
Male
French
 French name derived from Latin Albertus, ALBERT means "bright nobility." Compare with other forms of Albert.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : variant of Robert.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Roberts.
Male
Italian
Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form of Latin Robertus, ROBERTO means "bright fame."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from the personal name Robert. This surname is very frequent in Wales and west central England. It is also occasionally borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of a like-sounding Jewish surname.
Boy/Male
Australian, Czech, Danish, German, Swedish
Famous Brilliance from Robert; Bright Famous One
Female
Italian
 Feminine form of Latin Robertus, ROBERTA means "bright fame." In use by the Italians, Portuguese and Spanish. Compare with another form of Roberta.
Surname or Lastname
English, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian (Róbert), etc
English, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian (Róbert), etc : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements hrÅd
‘renown’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’. This is found occasionally
in England before the Conquest, but in the main it was introduced into
England by the Normans and quickly became popular among all classes of
society. The surname is also occasionally borne by Jews, as an
Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.A Robert from La Rochelle, France is documented in Trois-Rivières,
Quebec, in 1666, with the secondary surname
Male
English
 Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon Æthelbert, ALBERT means "bright nobility." Compare with other forms of Albert.
Male
English
 English form of Anglo-Saxon Hreodbeorht, ROBERT means "bright fame." Compare with another form of Robert.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Czechoslovakian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Indian, Irish, Italian, Jamaican, Netherlands, Polish, Scottish, Swedish, Swiss, Teutonic
Bright with Fame; Famed; Bright; Shining; An All-time Favorite Boys Name Since the Middle Ages; A; 14th-century King Robert the Bruce; Robert Burns the Poet
Male
English
English variant spelling of French Albert, ELBERT means "bright nobility."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Robart.
Male
French
 Norman French form of Latin Robertus, ROBERT means "bright fame." Compare with another form of Robert.
Female
French
Feminine form of Norman French Robert, ROBERTE means "bright fame."
Boy/Male
German American Shakespearean Teutonic English French Scottish
Famed, bright; shining. An all-time favorite boys' name since the Middle Ages. Famous Bearers:...
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Roberts.
ROBERT BOYLE
ROBERT BOYLE
Boy/Male
Arabic, Hindu, Indian
Lord Vishnu
Girl/Female
Indian, Japanese
Cute; Successful; Brave; Honest; Princess
Boy/Male
Sikh
Brave and famous
Male
German
German form of Roman Latin Ursus, URS means "bear."
Girl/Female
Tamil
To follow, Food
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for someone who carded wool (i.e. disentangled it), preparatory to spinning, from Middle English, Old French card(e) ‘carder’, an implement used for this purpose.Reduced form of Irish McCard.
Boy/Male
Gaelic
Small son.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Gift of Allah
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Causing Triumph
Girl/Female
Arabic
Happiness
ROBERT BOYLE
ROBERT BOYLE
ROBERT BOYLE
ROBERT BOYLE
ROBERT BOYLE
a.
Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body; robust youth; robust health.
superl.
Not proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm; as, sober judgment; a man in his sober senses.
v. i.
To become sober; -- often with down.
imp. & p. p.
of Robe
v. t.
Under cover, authority or protection; as, a feme covert, a married woman who is considered as being under the protection and control of her husband.
superl.
Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man.
a.
Having a disposition or temper habitually sober.
n.
A rover or footpad; a prowling robber.
n.
A boat propelled by three rowers with four oars, the middle rower pulling two.
a.
Requiring strength or vigor; as, robust employment.
v. i.
One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate.
v. t.
Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook.
v. t.
To make sober.
n.
One who ranges; a rover; sometimes, one who ranges for plunder; a roving robber.
n.
See Herb Robert, under Herb.
v. t.
To invest with a robe or robes; to dress; to array; as, fields robed with green.
a.
Not covert; open; public; manifest; as, an overt act of treason.
superl.
Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as, the sot may at times be sober.
v. t.
To change back. See Revert, v. i.