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graven

[ grey-vuhn ]

verb

  1. a past participle of grave 3.


adjective

  1. deeply impressed; firmly fixed.
  2. carved; sculptured:

    a graven idol.

graven

/ ˈɡɪə /

verb

  1. a past participle of grave 3
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. strongly fixed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ԴDz·IJ adjective
  • ܲ·IJ adjective
  • ɱ-IJ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of graven1

1200–50; Middle English. See grave 3, -en 3
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He believed he had created graven images of false idols with his art, and he gave up a teaching position at East Los Angeles College.

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Those included condemnation of just the sort of graven imagery his son would later master for the Church of Rome and its royal cohorts in Habsburg Spain.

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I remember something, too, of the green grave-mounds; and I have not forgotten, either, two figures of strangers straying amongst the low hillocks and reading the mementoes graven on the few mossy head-stones.

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They even introduced a blemish into the carving to address our concerns with the biblical injunction against graven images.

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There are also frequent views of Stibbert’s notable collection of Japanese arms and armor — among the first in the West — such as a 15th-century tanto, or samurai sword, whose blade is graven with watery calligraphy.

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