graven
a past participle of grave3.
deeply impressed; firmly fixed.
carved; sculptured: a graven idol.
Origin of graven
1Other words from graven
- non·grav·en, adjective
- un·grav·en, adjective
- well-graven, adjective
Words Nearby graven
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How to use graven in a sentence
Even when Levon Helm was young, he had a voice that spoke to you with the authority of something graven in stone.
They are turned back: let them be greatly confounded, that trust in a graven thing, that say to a molten thing: You are our god.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousAnd I will make thy bulwarks of jasper: and thy gates of graven stones, and all thy borders of desirable stones.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousWhat doth the graven thing avail, because the maker thereof hath graven it, a molten, and a false image?
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousOf all these graven images existed, carved by men's hands,--some in the form of animals, like the winged bulls of Nineveh.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John Lord
"Ay, with the cross graven on it," I answered; and my words checked a laugh that was on Evan's lips.
A Prince of Cornwall | Charles W. Whistler
British Dictionary definitions for graven
/ (ˈɡreɪvən) /
a past participle of grave 3
strongly fixed
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