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graven

See also: Graven

English

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Etymology 1

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

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graven

  1. past participle of grave
    • 1872, James De Mille, The Cryptogram‎[1], HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2009:
      Deep lines were graven on her pale forehead, and on her wan, thin cheeks.

Adjective

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graven (not comparable)

  1. carved, engraved
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Etymology 2

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From graven (adjective) above.

Verb

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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

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From grave (adjective) +‎ -en.

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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.

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graven

  1. third-person plural present indicative of gravar

Danish

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Noun

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graven c

  1. definite singular of grav

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Verb

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graven

  1. (transitive or intransitive) To dig physically.
  2. To search for information.
Inflection
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Conjugation of graven (strong class 6)
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.
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  • Afrikaans: graaf
  • Jersey Dutch: xrâve
  • Negerhollands: graav, graev

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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graven

  1. plural of graf

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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graven

  1. plural of graaf

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch gravan.

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grāven

  1. To dig.
  2. To bury.

Inflection

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Strong class 6
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

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Middle English

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Etymology

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

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Verb

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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.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of graven (strong class 6 or weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) graven, grave
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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Norwegian Bokmål

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graven m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of grav

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graven m

  1. definite singular of grave

Spanish

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graven

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

Swedish

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Noun

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graven

  1. definite singular of grav

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