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Also Inflected form of grave

graven

gra·ven

US/ˈɡreɪvʌn/ uncommon archaic

adjective

1.

cut into a desired shape

  • “graven images”
  • “sculptured representations”
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2.

cut or impressed into a surface

  • “an incised design”
  • “engraved invitations”
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Origin

* 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.

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