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9 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grave \Grave\, v. i. To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grave \Grave\, n. [AS. gr?f, fr grafan to dig; akin to D. & OS graf, G. grab, Icel. gr["o]f, Russ. grob' grave, coffin. See {Grave} to carve.] An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction. He bad lain in the grave four days. --John xi 17. {Grave wax}, adipocere. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: -grave \-grave\ A final syllable signifying a ruler, as in landgrave, margrave. See {Margrave.} From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grave \Grave\, v. t. (Naut.) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grave \Grave\, a. [Compar. {Graver} (gr[=a]v"[~e]r); superl. {Gravest.}] [F., fr L. gravis heavy; cf It & Sp grave heavy, grave. See {Grief.}] 1. Of great weight; heavy; ponderous. [Obs.] His shield grave and great. --Chapman. 2. Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; -- said of character, relations, etc.; as grave deportment, character, influence, etc Most potent, grave, and reverend seigniors. --Shak. A grave and prudent law, full of moral equity. --Milton. 3. Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as a grave color; a grave face. 4. (Mus.) a Not acute or sharp; low deep; -- said of sound; as a grave note or key. The thicker the cord or string, the more grave is the note or tone. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). b Slow and solemn in movement. {Grave accent}. (Pron.) See the Note under {Accent}, n., 2. Syn: Solemn; sober; serious; sage; staid; demure; thoughtful; sedate; weighty; momentous; important. Usage: {Grave}, {Sober}, {Serious}, {Solemn.} Sober supposes the absence of all exhilaration of spirits, and is opposed to gay or flighty; as sober thought. Serious implies considerateness or reflection, and is opposed to jocose or sportive; as serious and important concerns. Grave denotes a state of mind, appearance, etc., which results from the pressure of weighty interests, and is opposed to hilarity of feeling or vivacity of manner; as a qrave remark; qrave attire. Solemn is applied to a case in which gravity is carried to its highest point; as a solemn admonition; a solemn promise. 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: grave adj 1: dignified and somber in manner or character; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "sober as a judge"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence" [syn: {sedate}, {sober}, {solemn}] 2: causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia" [syn: {dangerous}, {grievous}, {serious}, {severe}] 3: of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference" [syn: {grievous}, {heavy}, {weighty}] n 1: death of a person; "he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave" 2: a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave" [syn: {tomb}] 3: a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation [syn: {grave accent}] v 1: shape (stone or wood, for example) by whittling away at it "She is sculpting an image of her husband" [syn: {sculpt}, {sculpture}] 2: write upon engrave a pen, for example [syn: {engrave}, {inscribe}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Grave Among the ancient Hebrews graves were outside of cities in the open field (Luke 7:12; John 11:30). Kings (1 Kings 2:10) and prophets (1 Sam. 25:1) were generally buried within cities. Graves were generally grottoes or caves, natural or hewn out in rocks (Isa. 22:16; Matt. 27:60). There were family cemeteries (Gen. 47:29; 50:5; 2 Sam. 19:37). Public burial-places were assigned to the poor (Jer. 26:23; 2 Kings 23:6). Graves were usually closed with stones, which were whitewashed, to warn strangers against contact with them (Matt. 23:27), which caused ceremonial pollution (Num. 19:16). There were no graves in Jerusalem except those of the kings, and according to tradition that of the prophetess Huldah. From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: GRAVE, n. A place in which the dead are laid to await the coming of the medical student. Beside a lonely grave I stood -- With brambles 'twas encumbered; The winds were moaning in the wood, Unheard by him who slumbered, A rustic standing near I said: "He cannot hear it blowing!" "'Course not," said he: "the feller's dead -- He can't hear nowt [sic] that's going." "Too true," I said "alas, too true -- No sound his sense can quicken!" "Well, mister, wot is that to you? -- The deadster ain't a-kickin'." I knelt and prayed: "O Father, smile On him and mercy show him!" That countryman looked on the while And said: "Ye didn't know him." Pobeter Dunko
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