gravened
gravened is the simple past and past participle of graven.
Meaning of graven
Verb (1)
graven (third-person singular simple present gravens, present participle gravening, simple past and past participle gravened)
- To make graven or engraved
- I saw I was not only gravened upon the palms of his hands, or set as a seal upon his arm, but I was pourtrayed upon his heart.1786, Thomas Doolittle, A treatise concerning the Lord's Supper
Verb (2)
graven (third-person singular simple present gravens, present participle gravening, simple past and past participle gravened)
- To make or become grave (serious or sombre)
- Whatever it was that had cast a dark shadow and gravened the faces of those normally ebullient people was much too complicated for me to understand.2012, Samuel W Herbert, Avenue
Questions about gravened
- What is gravened the simple past and past participle of?
- Gravened is the simple past and past participle of graven.
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