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adjective

Grave adj. (compar. graver; superl. gravest)

1.

Of great weight; heavy; ponderous. (Obs.) "His shield grave and great."

2.

Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc. "Most potent, grave, and reverend seigniors." "A grave and prudent law, full of moral equity."

3.

Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face.

4.

(Mus.)

(a)

Not acute or sharp; low; deep; said of sound; as, a grave note or key. "The thicker the cord or string, the more grave is the note or tone."

(b)

Slow and solemn in movement.

Grave accent. (Pron.) See the Note under Accent, n., 2.

Synonyms: Solemn; sober; serious; sage; staid; demure; thoughtful; sedate; weighty; momentous; important. Grave, Sober, Serious, Solemn. Sober supposes the absence of all exhilaration of spirits, and is opposed to gay or flighty; as, sober thought. Serious implies considerateness or reflection, and is opposed to jocose or sportive; as, serious and important concerns. Grave denotes a state of mind, appearance, etc., which results from the pressure of weighty interests, and is opposed to hilarity of feeling or vivacity of manner; as, a qrave remark; qrave attire. Solemn is applied to a case in which gravity is carried to its highest point; as, a solemn admonition; a solemn promise.

noun

Graver n.

1.

One who graves; an engraver or a sculptor; one whose occupation is te cut letters or figures in stone or other hard material.

2.

An ergraving or cutting tool; a burin.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... in his commission no obligation, I believe, rests upon him to do this) the trial of an Indian, where some one of the graver crimes is involved, that he may, perchance, arrive at the impelling cause for its perpetration. This may have had its origin, perhaps, in the criminal's having over-indulged in drink, or in his having resigned himself to some immoral ...

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