grave

  • 11Grave — Grave, v. t. [imp. {Graved} (gr[=a]vd); p. p. {Graven} (gr[=a]v 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. gr[aum]fva, Icel.… …

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  • 12gravé — gravé, ée (gra vé, vée) part. passé de graver. 1°   Tracé au burin. •   Et que sur mon tombeau ce grand titre gravé, CORN. Sertor. III, 4. •   Les vers de Tycho Brahé furent gravés sur l instrument qui les lui avait inspirés, MAIRAN Élog. de… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 13grave — Ⅰ. grave [1] ► NOUN 1) a hole dug in the ground to receive a coffin or corpse. 2) (the grave) death. ● dig one s own grave Cf. ↑dig one s own grave ● t …

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  • 14Grave — Grave, n. [AS. gr?f, fr. grafan to dig; akin to D. & OS. graf, G. grab, Icel. gr[ o]f, 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:… …

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  • 15grave — adv. (muz.; indică modul de execuţie) Rar, largo. ♦ (Substantivat, n.) Compoziţie sau parte dintr o compoziţie muzicală creată în acest tempo. [pr.: grá ] – cuv. it. Trimis de gall, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  GRÁVE adv. (muz …

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  • 16grave — [adj1] serious; gloomy cold sober*, deadpan*, dignified, dour, dull, earnest, grim, grimfaced, heavy, leaden, long faced, meaningful, muted, no nonsense*, ponderous, quiet, sad, sage, saturnine, sedate, sober, solemn, somber, staid, strictly… …

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  • 17gravé — Gravé, [grav]ée. part. pass. Il a les significations de son verbe. On dit, Avoir le nez gravé de petite verole, & sumplement, Avoir le nez gravé, pour dire, Avoir le nez marqué de petite verole …

    Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • 18-grave — A final syllable signifying a ruler, as in landgrave, margrave. See {Margrave.} [1913 Webster] …

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  • 19Grave — Grave, v. i. To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 20Grave — 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. [1913 Webster] …

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