graven adjective 1verb 2forms 3 adjective1 •carved, engravedThou shalt not make unto thee any graven image. — 1611 verb2 •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. — 2012 •(no longer used) To make graven or engravedI 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 formsgravened · gravening · gravens
