What does graven mean?
Graven means past participle of grave.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
past participle of grave.
Deep lines were graven on her pale forehead, and on her wan, thin cheeks.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.
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.
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.
Use graven when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Graven means past participle of grave.
Common synonyms include inscribed, incised, etched, carven.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Deep lines were graven on her pale forehead, and on her wan, thin cheeks.
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