3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grave \Grave\, v. t. [imp. {Graved} (gr[=a]vd); p. p. {Graven}
(gr[=a]v"'n) or {Graved}; p. pr & vb n. {Graving}.] [AS.
grafan to dig, grave, engrave; akin to OFries greva, D.
graven, G. graben, OHG. & Goth. graban Dan. grabe, Sw
gr[aum]fva, Icel. grafa, but prob. not to Gr gra`fein to
write, E. graphic. Cf {Grave}, n., {Grove}, n.]
1. To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.
He hath graven and digged up a pit. --Ps. vii. 16
(Book of
Common
Prayer).
2. To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard
substance; to engrave.
Thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them
the names of the children of Israel. --Ex. xxviii.
9.
3. To carve out or give shape to by cutting with a chisel;
to sculpture; as to grave an image.
With gold men may the hearte grave. --Chaucer.
4. To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
O! may they graven in thy heart remain. --Prior.
5. To entomb; to bury. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Lie full low graved in the hollow ground. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Graven \Grav"en\, p. p. of {Grave}, v. t.
Carved.
{Graven image}, an idol; an object of worship carved from
wood, stone, etc ``Thou shalt not make unto thee any
graven image.'' --Ex. xx 4.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
graven
adj 1: cut into a desired shape; "graven images"; "sculptured
representations" [syn: {sculpted}, {sculptured}]
2: cut or impressed into a surface; "an incised design";
"engraved invitations" [syn: {engraved}, {etched}, {incised},
{inscribed}]
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