graved

Verb

grave (third-person singular simple present graves, present participle graving, simple past graved, past participle graved or graven)

1. (archaic, transitive) To dig.
   • He hath graven and digged up a pit.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, vij:[16]
2. (archaic, intransitive) 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 28:9
3. (archaic, transitive) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.
   • to grave an image
4. (archaic, intransitive) To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
   • O! may they graven in thy heart remain.1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Solomon on the Vanity of the World. A Poem in Three Books.”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC, (please specify the page)
5. (archaic, transitive) To entomb; to bury.
   • […]And lie full low, graved in the hollow ground.1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...
6. (archaic, intransitive) To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.

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