资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Grave \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. grafa, but prob. not to Gr. gra`fein to
write, E. graphic. Cf. {Grave}, n., {Grove}, n.]
1. To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.
He hath graven and digged up a pit. --Ps. vii. 16
(Book of
Common
Prayer).
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. --Ex. xxviii.
9.
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. --Chaucer.
4. To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
O! may they graven in thy heart remain. --Prior.
5. To entomb; to bury. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Lie full low, graved in the hollow ground. --Shak.
Grave \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. grafa, but prob. not to Gr. gra`fein to
write, E. graphic. Cf. {Grave}, n., {Grove}, n.]
1. To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.
He hath graven and digged up a pit. --Ps. vii. 16
(Book of
Common
Prayer).
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. --Ex. xxviii.
9.
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. --Chaucer.
4. To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
O! may they graven in thy heart remain. --Prior.
5. To entomb; to bury. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Lie full low, graved in the hollow ground. --Shak.