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verb
1.
a past participle of grave3.
adjective
2.
deeply impressed; firmly fixed.
3.
carved; sculptured: a graven idol.
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Example Sentences
- The should be graven on the heart of every citizen, and particularly of political campaign managers.
- So there was not a total banned on using graven images.
- Thailand is also home to many beautiful graven images.
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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).
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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
EXPANDby its derivative, engrave.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
grave (grāv)
adj.
Serious or dangerous, as a symptom or disease.
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