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Sour v. t.

To cause to become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to sour; as, exposure to the air sours many substances. "So the sun's heat, with different powers, Ripens the grape, the liquor sours."

To make cold and unproductive, as soil.

To make unhappy, uneasy, or less agreeable. "To sour your happiness I must report, The queen is dead."

To cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly. "Souring his cheeks." "Pride had not sour'd nor wrath debased my heart."

To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes.

Sour v. i. (past & past part. soured; pres. part. souring) To become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in adversity. "They keep out melancholy from the virtuous, and hinder the hatred of vice from souring into severity."

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"Soured" Quotes from Famous Books

... stipulated for their restitution with Colonel Morrison, of the 89th, and Captain Mulcaster, of the Royal Navy. Whether the repeated checks that they had lately received from the British, in consideration of their unwelcome, but not looked for, visits, had soured the authorities, south of 45 deg.., or no, it was now intended to sell the plunder for the benefit of the government of the United States, as British goods being rare in the American market, high ...

— The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation - Volume 1 • Charles Roger

... so glad you feel like that—bless you! I wish I could. But I never shall. I was soured in the making, I think"—laughing rather forlornly. "I don't trust love. It's the thing that hurts and tortures and breaks a woman—as my mother was hurt and tortured and broken." She paused. "No, preserve me from falling in love!" she added more lightly. "'A Loaf of Bread, ...

— The Lamp of Fate • Margaret Pedler

... that substantial justice is being done them renders them on the whole much more manly, straightforward, and truthful. They work more cheerfully, and are more obliging to one another and their employers. They are not soured, as under the old system, by brooding over the injustice done them; and their spare minutes are not spent to the same extent ...

— Shop Management • Frederick Winslow Taylor

... and other parts, they do put a cold iron bar upon their barrels, to preserve their beer from being soured by thunder. This is a ...

— Miscellanies upon Various Subjects • John Aubrey

... me, Nell!" said Sir Denis, lamely. "Ah! there's the bell! And a good thing, too. I couldn't eat my lunch to-day for old Grogan of the Artillery. He's a man with a grievance. It soured my wine and spoilt my food. Well, well, Robin, if you're under Nelly's protection you may do what you like—join the Peace Society, ...

— Mary Gray • Katharine Tynan

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