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.
... 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 Read full book for free!
... 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 Read full book for free!
... 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 Read full book for free!
... 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 Read full book for free!
... 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 Read full book for free!
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