Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to grave
Participle: graved
Gerund: graving
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | grave |
| you | grave |
| he;she;it | graves |
| we | grave |
| you | grave |
| they | grave |
Perfect
| I | have graved; graven |
| you | have graved; graven |
| he;she;it | has graved; graven |
| we | have graved; graven |
| you | have graved; graven |
| they | have graved; graven |
Past
| I | graved |
| you | graved |
| he;she;it | graved |
| we | graved |
| you | graved |
| they | graved |
Pluperfect
| I | had graved; graven |
| you | had graved; graven |
| he;she;it | had graved; graven |
| we | had graved; graven |
| you | had graved; graven |
| they | had graved; graven |
Future
| I | will grave |
| you | will grave |
| he;she;it | will grave |
| we | will grave |
| you | will grave |
| they | will grave |
Future Perfect
| I | will have graved; graven |
| you | will have graved; graven |
| he;she;it | will have graved; graven |
| we | will have graved; graven |
| you | will have graved; graven |
| they | will have graved; graven |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | grave |
| you | grave |
| he;she;it | grave |
| we | grave |
| you | grave |
| they | grave |
Perfect
| I | have graved; graven |
| you | have graved; graven |
| he;she;it | have graved; graven |
| we | have graved; graven |
| you | have graved; graven |
| they | have graved; graven |
Imperfect
| I | graved |
| you | graved |
| he;she;it | graved |
| we | graved |
| you | graved |
| they | graved |
Pluperfect
| I | had graved; graven |
| you | had graved; graven |
| he;she;it | had graved; graven |
| we | had graved; graven |
| you | had graved; graven |
| they | had graved; graven |
Conditional
Present
| I | would grave |
| you | would grave |
| he;she;it | would grave |
| we | would grave |
| you | would grave |
| they | would grave |
Perfect
| I | would have graved; graven |
| you | would have graved; graven |
| he;she;it | would have graved; graven |
| we | would have graved; graven |
| you | would have graved; graven |
| they | would have graved; graven |
Imperative
| you | grave |
| we | Let's grave |
| you | grave |
Verbs conjugated like 'grave'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'grave'
brave,
crave,
grace,
grade,
grame,
grane,
grape,
grate,
gravel,
graven,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
grafan (p.t.
grof, pp.
grafen) "to dig, carve," from P.Gmc.
*grabanan (cf. O.N.
grafa, O.Fris.
greva, O.H.G.
graban, Goth.
graban "to dig, carve"), from the same source as grave (n.). Its M.E. strong pp.,
graven, is the only part still active, the rest of the word supplanted by its derivative,
engrave.
2. From Middle English graven, from Old English grafan (“to dig, dig up, grave, engrave, carve, chisel”), from Proto-Germanic *grabaną (“to dig”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Cognate with Dutch graven (“to dig”), German graben (“to dig”), Danish grave (“to dig”), Swedish gräva (“to dig”), Icelandic grafa (“to dig”). See: Middle English '
graven', Old English '
grafan', Proto-Germanic '
*grabaną', Dutch '
graven', German, old spelling '
graben', Danish '
grave', Swedish '
gräva', Icelandic '
grafa'.
Verbs referencing "grave"
English
grift, German, old spelling
graben, Irish
grábháil, Luxembourgish
gruewen, Cimbrian graaban.
Sample Sentences
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[...] and ornamented behind him with painted drapery of a lively and somewhat theatrical appearance. He looked a weather-beaten hard-featured man, of about six or eight and fifty; with deep lines graven as it were into his face, dark hair, and a stern, keen eye. Yet the general character of his countenance was pleasant and agreeable. The service commenced with a hymn, to which succeeded an [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)