past participle of grave
Deep lines were graven on her pale forehead, and on her wan, thin cheeks.
To make graven or engraved
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.
To make or become grave (serious or sombre
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.
carved, engraved
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.
A surname.
From Middle English graven, igraven, from Old English grafen, ġegrafen, from Proto-Germanic *grabanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *grabaną (“to dig, trench”).
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