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past participle of grave quotations examples
Deep lines were graven on her pale forehead, and on her wan, thin cheeks.
1872, James De Mille, The Cryptogram, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2009
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carved, engraved quotations examples
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Exodus 20:4
third-person singular simple present gravens, present participle gravening, simple past and past participle gravened
(transitive, archaic) To make graven or engraved quotations
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.
1786, Thomas Doolittle, A treatise concerning the Lord's Supper
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become grave (serious or sombre) quotations examples
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.
2012, Samuel W Herbert, Avenue