Lexic.us

Definition of Graven

1. Adjective. Cut into a desired shape. "Sculptured representations"

Definition of Graven

1. p. p. Carved.

Definition of Graven

1. Adjective. carved, engraved ¹

2. Adjective. Something fashioned by man, or something man-made. Anything made by man's hands. ¹

3. Adjective. Something that is not alive, but made dead, from the grave. ¹

4. Verb. (past participle of grave) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Graven

1. grave [v] - See also: grave

Medical Definition of Graven

1. Of Grave. Carved. Graven image, an idol; an object of worship carved from wood, stone, etc. "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image." . Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Graven

Literary usage of Graven

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"8:19.provoked me to anger with their graven graten images. SO: 38. the land of graven images, 51:47. the graven images of Babylon : images, 52.do judgment ..."

2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, Andrew Lang, Walter Leaf, Ernest Myers (1915)
"... and he wrought him a massive helmet to fit his brows, goodly and graven, and set thereon a crest of gold, and he wrought him greaves of pliant tin. ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In whatever sense the archaeologist may understand this, it is clearly not natural law, nor can anyone prove the Inherent wickedness of making a graven ..."

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