1. (a.) Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a somber forest; a somber house.

2. (a.) Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing; as, a somber person; somber reflections.

3. (v. t.) To make somber, or dark; to make shady.

4. (n.) Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness.

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