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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
graven
    adj 1: cut into a desired shape; "graven images"; "sculptured
           representations" [syn: graven, sculpted,
           sculptured]
    2: cut or impressed into a surface; "an incised design";
       "engraved invitations" [syn: engraved, etched, graven,
       incised, inscribed]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.]
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   1. To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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            He hath graven and digged up a pit.   --Ps. vii. 16
                                                  (Book of
                                                  Common
                                                  Prayer).
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   2. To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard
      substance; to engrave.
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            Thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them
            the names of the children of Israel.  --Ex. xxviii.
                                                  9.
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   3. To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel;
      to sculpture; as, to grave an image.
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            With gold men may the hearte grave.   --Chaucer.
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   4. To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
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            O! may they graven in thy heart remain. --Prior.
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   5. To entomb; to bury. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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            Lie full low, graved in the hollow ground. --Shak.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Graven \Grav"en\, p. p. of Grave, v. t.
   Carved.
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   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.
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Thesaurus Results for Graven:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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