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grave

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verb (used with object), graved, grav·en or graved, grav·ing.
1.
to carve, sculpt, or engrave.
2.
to impress deeply: graven on the mind.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English graven, Old English grafan; cognate with German graben

grav·er, noun

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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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grave

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verb (used with object), graved, grav·ing. Nautical.
to clean and apply a protective composition of tar to (the bottom of a ship).

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English; perhaps akin to gravel
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Word Origin & History

grave
O.E. grafan (p.t. grof, pp. grafen) "to dig, carve," from P.Gmc. *grabanan (cf. O.N. grafa, O.Fris. greva, O.H.G. graban, Goth. graban "to dig, carve"), from the same source as grave (n.). Its M.E. strong pp., graven, is the only part still active, the rest of the word supplanted
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by its derivative, engrave.
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grave (grāv)
adj.
Serious or dangerous, as a symptom or disease.

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