Graven
['ɡreɪv(ə)n]
Definition
(adj.) cut into a desired shape; 'graven images'; 'sculptured representations' .
Typist: Pansy--From WordNet
Definition
(p. p.) of Grave
(v. t.) Carved.
Editor: Nicolas
Definition
pa.p. of grave to carve engrave.
Typed by Ethan
Examples
- Habit had graven uneraseably on my memory, every turn and change of object on the road. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- No graven images could enter Jerusalem; even the Roman standards with their eagles had to stay outside. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They behold in the sun the reflection of His glory; mere graven images they reject, refusing to fall under the 'tyranny' of idolatry. Plato. The Republic.
- Haroun-al-Raschid himself was a wine-bibber, and his palace was decorated with graven images of birds and beasts and men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He, too, was silent--motionless as a graven image. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He did not ask why, but stood like a graven image while my eyes watched the strange thing that meant so much to us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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