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Vinony

graven

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

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

  1. carved, engraved

    “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.”

name

Etymology: * As an English surname, a topographic surname for someone living near a ditch, from Middle Low German grav (“moat, ditch”), from Old Saxon graf, from Proto-Germanic *grabą, the source of grave. * As a Norwegian surname, from Old Norse gróf (“depression, hollow”), from Proto-Germanic *grōbō.

  1. A surname.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English grave English -en English graven From grave (adjective) + -en.

  1. 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.”