graven

1. participlepastpast participle of grave

   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

1. not comparablecarved, engraved

   Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 20:4

present singular third person gravens · participle present gravening · participle past gravened · past gravened

1. archaictransitiveTo 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.

   1786, Thomas Doolittle, A treatise concerning the Lord's Supper

present singular third person gravens · participle present gravening · participle past gravened · past gravened

1. ambitransitiveTo 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.

   2012, Samuel W Herbert, Avenue

plural Gravens

1. A surname.