graven

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)past participle of grave

   “Deep lines were graven on her pale forehead, and on her wan, thin cheeks.”

2. (archaic, transitive)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.”

3. (ambitransitive)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.”

adj

1. (not-comparable)carved, engraved

   “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.”

name

1. A surname.