GRA'VE-STONE,noun A stone laid over a grave, or erected near it, as a monument to preserve the memory of the dead. GRAVE, adjective [Latin gravis, heavy, whence Latin gravo, and aggravo, to aggravate. 1. In music, low; depressed; solemn; opposed to sharp, acute, or high; as a grave tone or sound. Sometimes grave denotes slow. 2. Solemn; sober; serious; opposed to gay, light or jovial; as a man of a grave deportment; a grave character. Youth on silent wings is flown; Graver years come rolling on. 3. Plain; not gay; not showy or tawdry; as a grave suit of clothes. 4. Being of weight; of a serious character; as a grave writer. 5. Important; momentous; having a serious and interesting import.
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