Meaning

noun a tool used by an engraver

adjective dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

adjective causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

originFrom Middle English gravere, graver, gravoure, from Old English græfere, grafere (“graver; engraver; sculptor”), equivalent to grave (“to engrave”) + -er. Cognate with Dutch graveur, German Graveur, Danish gravør, Swedish gravör, Icelandic grafari.

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