graven
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -eɪvən
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English graven, igraven, from Old English grafen, ġegrafen, from Proto-Germanic *grabanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *grabaną (“to dig, trench”).
Verb edit
graven
- past participle of grave
Adjective edit
graven (not comparable)
- 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.
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Etymology 2 edit
From graven (adjective) above.
Verb edit
graven (third-person singular simple present gravens, present participle gravening, simple past and past participle gravened)
- (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 edit
From grave (adjective) + -en.
Verb edit
graven (third-person singular simple present gravens, present participle gravening, simple past and past participle gravened)
- (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 edit
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graven
Danish edit
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graven c
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch grāven, from Old Dutch gravan, from Proto-West Germanic *graban, from Proto-Germanic *grabaną.
Verb edit
graven
- (transitive or intransitive) To dig physically.
- To search for information.
Inflection edit
Inflection of graven (strong class 6) | ||||
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infinitive | graven | |||
past singular | groef | |||
past participle | gegraven | |||
infinitive | graven | |||
gerund | graven n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | graaf | groef | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | graaft | groef | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | graaft | groef | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | graaft | groeft | ||
3rd person singular | graaft | groef | ||
plural | graven | groeven | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | grave | groeve | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | graven | groeven | ||
imperative sing. | graaf | |||
imperative plur.1 | graaft | |||
participles | gravend | gegraven | ||
1) Archaic. |
Synonyms edit
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Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
graven
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
graven
Anagrams edit
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
grāven
Inflection edit
Strong class 6 | ||
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Infinitive | grāven | |
3rd sg. past | groef | |
3rd pl. past | groeven | |
Past participle | gegrāven | |
Infinitive | grāven | |
In genitive | grāvens | |
In dative | grāvene | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | grāve | groef |
2nd singular | grāefs, grāves | groefs, groeves |
3rd singular | grāeft, grāvet | groef |
1st plural | grāven | groeven |
2nd plural | grāeft, grāvet | groeft, groevet |
3rd plural | grāven | groeven |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | grāve | groeve |
2nd singular | grāefs, grāves | groeves |
3rd singular | grāve | groeve |
1st plural | grāven | groeven |
2nd plural | grāeft, grāvet | groevet |
3rd plural | grāven | groeven |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | graf, grāef, grāve | |
Plural | grāeft, grāvet | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | grāvende | gegrāven |
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English grafan, from Proto-West Germanic *graban, from Proto-Germanic *grabaną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
graven
- To dig or excavate:
- To bury, especially to inhume or entomb.
- To dig up the ground (for agriculture, excavation, etc.)
- (rare) To dig into one's hands.
- To carve or adorn:
- (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], [Westminster]: Explicit per Caxton, published 1482, →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], book IV, [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- With gold, men may the herte grave.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation edit
infinitive | (to) graven, grave | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | grave | grof, graved | |
2nd-person singular | gravest | grove, grof, gravedest | |
3rd-person singular | graveth | grof, graved | |
subjunctive singular | grave | grove1, graved1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | graven, grave | groven, grove, graveden, gravede | |
imperative plural | graveth, grave | — | |
participles | gravynge, gravende | graven, grave, graved, ygraven, ygrave, ygraved |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “grāven, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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graven m or f
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graven m
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graven
- inflection of gravar:
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graven