English Explanatory Dictionary

graven

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. past participle of grave
adj
  1. carved, engraved
verb
  1. To make graven or engraved
verb
  1. To make or become grave (serious or sombre)
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

graven gravens gravening gravened

Etymology

From Middle English graven, igraven, from Old English grafen, ġegrafen, from Proto-Germanic *grabanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *grabaną (“to dig, trench”).

Derived words

graven image intergraven ungraven
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