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graven

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grav⋅en

  [grey-vuhn]
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–verb
1. a pp. of grave 3 .
–adjective
2. deeply impressed; firmly fixed.
3. carved; sculptured: a graven idol.
Origin:
1200–50; ME. See grave 3 , -en 3

grave

3  [greyv]
–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:
bef. 1000; ME graven, OE grafan; c. G graben

Related forms:
graver, noun

grave

4  [greyv]
–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 ME; perh. akin to gravel
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grave 3   (grāv)   
tr.v.   graved, grav·en (grā'vən) or graved, grav·ing, graves

  1. To sculpt or carve; engrave.

  2. To stamp or impress deeply; fix permanently.


[Middle English graven, from Old English grafan; see ghrebh-2 in Indo-European roots.]
grav·en   (grā'vən)   
v.  A past participle of grave3.
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Word Origin & History

grave  (v.)
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 by its derivative, engrave.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: grave
Pronunciation: 'grAv
Function: adjective
: very serious : dangerous to life —used of an illness or its prospects grave prognosis>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

grave (grāv)
adj.
Serious or dangerous, as a symptom or disease.

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