graven

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪvən

Etymology 1

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

Verb

graven

1. past participle of grave
   • 1872, James De Mille, The Cryptogram‎, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2009:

     Deep lines were graven on her pale forehead, and on her wan, thin cheeks.

Adjective

graven (not comparable)

1. carved, engraved
   • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Exodus 20:4:

     Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.

Derived terms

• graven image

Translations

Etymology 2

From graven (adjective) above.

Verb

graven (third-person singular simple present gravens, present participle gravening, simple past and past participle gravened)

1. (transitive, archaic) To make graven or engraved
   • 1786, Thomas Doolittle, A treatise concerning the Lord's Supper:

     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.

Etymology 3

From grave (adjective) +‎ -en.

Verb

graven (third-person singular simple present gravens, present participle gravening, simple past and past participle gravened)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become grave (serious or sombre)
   • 2012, Samuel W Herbert, Avenue:

     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.

Catalan

Verb

graven

1. third-person plural present indicative of gravar

Danish

Noun

graven c

1. definite singular of grav

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣraː.və(n)/

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• Hyphenation: gra‧ven
• Rhymes: -aːvən
• Homophone: Graven

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch grāven, from Old Dutch gravan, from Proto-West Germanic *graban, from Proto-Germanic *grabaną.

Verb

graven

1. (transitive or intransitive) To dig physically.
2. To search for information.

Inflection

Synonyms

• delven
• spitten

Derived terms

Related terms

• graf

Descendants

• Afrikaans: graaf
• Jersey Dutch: xrâve
• Negerhollands: graav, graev

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

graven

1. plural of graf

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

graven

1. plural of graaf

Anagrams

• vragen

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch gravan.

Verb

grāven

1. To dig.
2. To bury.

Inflection

Descendants

• Dutch: graven
  • Afrikaans: graaf
  • Jersey Dutch: xrâve
  • Negerhollands: graav, graev
• Limburgish: grave

Further reading

• “graven”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “graven (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Alternative forms

• grafe, grave, gravyn

Etymology

From Old English grafan, from Proto-West Germanic *graban, from Proto-Germanic *grabaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡraːvən/

Verb

graven

1. To dig or excavate:
   1. To bury, especially to inhume or entomb.
   2. To dig up the ground (for agriculture, excavation, etc.)
   3. (rare) To dig into one's hands.
2. To carve or adorn:
   1. To carve or engrave (with inscriptions or carvings)
   2. To sculpt; to carve with a chisel.
   3. To adorn with precious metal.
3. (figurative) To impress deeply on the mind.
   • c. 1380s, [Geoffrey Chaucer, William Caxton, editor], The Double Sorow of Troylus to Telle Kyng Pryamus Sone of Troye [Troilus and Criseyde], : Explicit per Caxton, published 1482, →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, , book IV, : [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes , 1542, →OCLC:

     With gold, men may the herte grave.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Related terms

• grave
• gravere

Descendants

• English: grave (obsolete)
  • ⇒ English: engrave
• Scots: grave

References

• “grāven, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• grava

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɑːʋn̩/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɑːʋn̩
• Hyphenation: grav‧en

Noun

graven m or f

1. definite masculine singular of grav

Noun

graven m

1. definite singular of grave

Spanish

Verb

graven

1. inflection of gravar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Swedish

Noun

graven

1. definite singular of grav

Anagrams

• vargen