graven

[ grey-vuhn ]

/ ˈgreɪ vən /

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verb

a past participle of grave³.

adjective

deeply impressed; firmly fixed.

carved; sculptured: a graven idol.

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Origin of graven

1200–50; Middle English. See grave³, -en³

OTHER WORDS FROM graven

non·grav·en, adjectiveun·grav·en, adjectivewell-graven, adjective

Words nearby graven

gravel-blind, graveldiver, gravelly, gravel-voiced, Gravely, graven, Gravenhage, graven image, graveolent, graver, graverobber

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How to use graven in a sentence

Even when Levon Helm was young, he had a voice that spoke to you with the authority of something graven in stone.
Levon Helm of The Band: Obituary|Malcolm Jones|April 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
They are turned back: let them be greatly confounded, that trust in a graven thing, that say to a molten thing: You are our god.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
And I will make thy bulwarks of jasper: and thy gates of graven stones, and all thy borders of desirable stones.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
What doth the graven thing avail, because the maker thereof hath graven it, a molten, and a false image?
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various

Of all these graven images existed, carved by men's hands,--some in the form of animals, like the winged bulls of Nineveh.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
"Ay, with the cross graven on it," I answered; and my words checked a laugh that was on Evan's lips.
A Prince of Cornwall|Charles W. Whistler

British Dictionary definitions for graven

graven

/ (ˈɡreɪvən) /

verb

a past participle of grave 3

adjective

strongly fixed

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