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An excavation in the earth as a place of burial

Any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher.

(by extension) Death, destruction.

To dig.

To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.

To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.

Example: to grave an image

To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.

A written accent used in French, Italian, and other languages. è is an e with a grave accent (`).

Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful.

Low in pitch, tone etc.

Serious, in a negative sense; important, formidable.

Influential, important; authoritative.

A count, prefect, or person holding office.

To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch — so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.