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Graver   /grˈeɪvər/   Listen
Graver

noun
1.
A tool used by an engraver.  Synonyms: graving tool, pointel, pointrel.



Grave

adjective
(compar. graver; superl. gravest)
1.
Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises.  Synonyms: sedate, sober, solemn.  "A quiet sedate nature" , "As sober as a judge" , "A solemn promise" , "The judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence"
2.
Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm.  Synonyms: dangerous, grievous, life-threatening, serious, severe.  "A grave situation" , "A grave illness" , "Grievous bodily harm" , "A serious wound" , "A serious turn of events" , "A severe case of pneumonia" , "A life-threatening disease"
3.
Of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought.  Synonyms: grievous, heavy, weighty.  "Faced a grave decision in a time of crisis" , "A grievous fault" , "Heavy matters of state" , "The weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference"



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"Graver" Quotes from Famous Books



... in the dear old soul, that, whilst in her hours of familiar ease she indulged in the homely lingo of her tribe, in her "company talk" she displayed a graver propriety of language, and in her prayers was always fluent, forcible, ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 • Various

... as I have always loved; for she is always there, and I have come back. She can never change, though her beauty grow graver, and all knowledge of the vile usage of the world have passed before her young eyes. Artemis no more, for she has stooped to the lot of women; but still invincibly pure, incapable of sin, though she know it all. It can never touch her; she goes her way. She wears a blue ...
— Rest Harrow - A Comedy of Resolution • Maurice Hewlett

... is owned by the town of Adams, and cared for by the Adams Society of Friends Descendants. Susan traced her ancestry to William Anthony of Cologne who migrated to England and during the reign of Edward VI, was made Chief Graver of the Royal Mint and Master of the Scales, holding this office also during the reign of Queen Mary and part of Queen Elizabeth's reign. In 1634, one of his descendants, John Anthony, settled in Rhode Island, and just before the Revolution, his great grandson, David, Susan's great grandfather, bought ...
— Susan B. Anthony - Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian • Alma Lutz

... reducing it almost to the rank of goldsmith's ornamentation. I need scarcely point out to you that the flowing water shows neither luster nor reflection; but notice that the observer's attention is supposed to be so close to every dark touch of the graver that he will see the minute dark spots which indicate the sprinkled shower falling from ...
— Ariadne Florentina - Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving • John Ruskin

... the private morals of the Twist entourage presently were superseded by much graver and more perturbing doubts. Nobody knew when exactly this development took place. Acapulco had been enjoying the first set of doubts. There was no denying that doubts about somebody else's morals were not unpleasant. They did give one, if one examined one's sensations ...
— Christopher and Columbus • Countess Elizabeth Von Arnim


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