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Graven vs Engraven - What's the difference?

graven | engraven |

As verbs the difference between graven and engraven

is that graven is while engraven is (obsolete) or engraven can be (obsolete|chiefly|literary and figurative) engrave.

As an adjective graven

is carved, engraved.

graven

English

Adjective

(-)
  • carved, engraved
  • * Old Testament (Exodus 20:4 KJV)
    • Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.
  • Something fashioned by man, or something man-made. Anything made by man's hands.
  • Something that is not alive, but made dead, from the grave.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1872 , year_published=2009 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=James De Mille , title=The Cryptogram , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=Deep lines were graven on her pale forehead, and on her wan, thin cheeks. }} English adjectives ending in -en ----

    engraven

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete)

    • Etymology 2

    Alteration of engrave, influenced by verbs formed with the circumfix .The Oxford English Dictionary (2007) refers to the circumfix as a prefix and a suffix.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete, chiefly, literary and figurative) Engrave.

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