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   Grave (?), v. t. (Naut.) 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.
   
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   Grave, a. [Compar. Graver (grāvˈẽr); superl. Gravest.] [F., fr. L. gravis heavy; cf. It. & Sp. grave heavy, grave. See Grief.]
   
   1. Of great weight; heavy; ponderous. [Obs.]
   
   [1913 Webster] His shield grave and great. Chapman.
   
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   2. Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; -- said of character, relations, etc.; as, “grave deportment, character, influence, etc.”
   
   [1913 Webster] Most potent, grave, and reverend seigniors. Shak.
   
   [1913 Webster] A grave and prudent law, full of moral equity. Milton.
   
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   3. Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, “a grave color; a grave face”.
   
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   4. (Mus.) (a) Not acute or sharp; low; deep; -- said of sound; as, “a grave note or key”.
   
   [1913 Webster] The thicker the cord or string, the more grave is the note or tone. Moore (Encyc. of Music). (b) Slow and solemn in movement.
   
   [1913 Webster] Grave accent. (Pron.) See the Note under Accent, n., 2. Syn. -- Solemn; sober; serious; sage; staid; demure; thoughtful; sedate; weighty; momentous; important.  --  Grave, Sober, Serious, Solemn. Sober supposes the absence of all exhilaration of spirits, and is opposed to gay or flighty; as, “sober thought”. Serious implies considerateness or reflection, and is opposed to jocose or sportive; as, “serious and important concerns”. Grave denotes a state of mind, appearance, etc., which results from the pressure of weighty interests, and is opposed to hilarity of feeling or vivacity of manner; as, “a qrave remark; qrave attire”. Solemn is applied to a case in which gravity is carried to its highest point; as, “a solemn admonition; a solemn promise”.
   
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   Grave, v. t. [imp. Graved (grāvd); p. p. Graven (grāvˈ'n) or Graved; p. pr. & vb. n. Graving.] [AS.  grafan to dig, grave, engrave; akin to OFries. greva, D. graven, G. graben, OHG. & Goth. graban, Dan.  grabe, Sw. gräfva, Icel. grafa, but prob. not to Gr. γράφειν to write, E. graphic. Cf. Grave, n., Grove, n.]
   
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   1. To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.
   
   [1913 Webster] He hath graven and digged up a pit. Ps. vii. 16 (Book of Common Prayer).
   
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   2. To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
   
   [1913 Webster] Thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel. Ex. xxviii. 9.
   
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   3. To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, “to grave an image”.
   
   [1913 Webster] With gold men may the hearte grave. Chaucer.
   
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   4. To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
   
   [1913 Webster] O! may they graven in thy heart remain. Prior.
   
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   5.  To entomb; to bury. [Obs.]  Chaucer.
   
   [1913 Webster] Lie full low, graved in the hollow ground. Shak.
   
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   Grave, v. i. To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
   
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   Grave, n. [AS. gr?f, fr. grafan to dig; akin to D. & OS. graf, G. grab, Icel. gröf, 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.
   
   [1913 Webster] He bad lain in the grave four days. John xi. 17.
   
   [1913 Webster] Grave wax, adipocere.
   
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