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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)

  1. (archaic, transitive) 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)

  1. (ambitransitive) 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

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Questions about gravened

What is gravened the simple past and past participle of?
Gravened is the simple past and past participle of graven.

Words near gravened in the dictionary

  1. gravemound
  2. gravemounds
  3. graven
  4. graven image
  5. graven images
  6. gravened
  7. graveness
  8. Graveney
  9. Graveney with Goodnestone
  10. Graveneys
  11. gravening

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