carven

[ kahr-vuhn ]
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adjectiveArchaic.

Origin of carven

1
See carve, -en3; replacing Middle English corven,Old English corfen (past participle)

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How to use carven in a sentence

  • carven was a big man and he was forcing the valet to look down at Harry Duggin's dead face.

  • It was carven of the solid rock and fashioned with its face to the sunrise and its back to the desert.

  • The Princess Cendre sat so still that Sweep at first believed she was some lovely carven image he beheld.

    The Green Forest Fairy Book | Loretta Ellen Brady
  • There was a little carven ebony-box upon the dressing-table, and she went to it and opened it.

    Theo | Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • Look, Guta!A crystal clear, and carven on the reverseThe blessed rood.

    The Saint's Tragedy | Charles Kingsley

British Dictionary definitions for carven

carven

/ (ˈkɑːvən) /


verb
  1. an archaic or literary past participle of carve

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