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graven, ppl. a.|ˈgreɪv(ə)n| [pa. pple. of grave v.1] 1. Sculptured, hewn.
1382Wyclif Exod. xx. 4 Thow shalt not mak to thee grauen thing [1388 a grauen ymage]. 1552Abp. Hamilton Catech. (1884) 31 Thai quhilkis makis a graven ymage. 1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. ii. iii. 33 The foundations..are made of graven stone without morter or playster. 1897W. Watson Hope World, etc. (1898) 18 A God for ever jealous grown Of carven wood and graven stone. b. quasi-n. A graven image.
1609Bible (Douay) Ps. lxxvii. 58 In their gravens [Vulg. in sculptilibus suis] they provoked him to emulation. 2. Carved on a surface, engraved.
1821J. Baillie Metr. Leg., Columbus lviii, Some ardent youth..will..Read fondly o'er and o'er his graven name. 1863P. S. Worsley Poems & Transl. 8 Huge valves, embossed with graven gold. 1871R. Ellis tr. Catullus xxv. 7 The rings from Thynia quaintly graven. |