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A final syllable signifying a ruler, as in landgrave, margrave. See Margrave.
Grave , transitive verb
(Nautical) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.
Grave (grāv"ẽr) , adjective
[French, from Latin gravis heavy; compare Italian & Sp. grave heavy, grave. See Grief.]
1.
Of great weight; heavy; ponderous. [Obsolete]
His shield grave and great.
2.
Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; -- said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc.
Most potent, grave, and reverend seigniors.
A grave and prudent law, full of moral equity.
3.
Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face.
4.
(a) (Music) Not acute or sharp; low; deep; -- said of sound; as, a grave note or key.
The thicker the cord or string, the more grave is the note or tone.
(b)
Slow and solemn in movement.
Collocations (1)
Grave (grāvd) , transitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon grafan to dig, grave, engrave; akin to OFries. greva, Dutch graven, German graben, Old High German & Gothic graban, Danish grabe, Swedish grafva, Icelandic grafa, but prob. not to Greek gra`fein to write, English graphic. Compare Grave, n., Grove, n.]
1.
To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.
He hath graven and digged up a pit.
2.
To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
Thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel.
3.
To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image.
With gold men may the hearte grave.
4.
To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
O! may they graven in thy heart remain.
5.
To entomb; to bury. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
Lie full low, graved in the hollow ground.
Grave , intransitive verb
To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
Grave , noun
[Anglo-Saxon gr?f, from grafan to dig; akin to Dutch & Old Saxon graf, German grab, Icelandic grof, Russ. grob' grave, coffin. See Grave to carve.]
An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction.
He bad lain in the grave four days.
Collocations (1)
Grave wax , adipocere