† gravetn.
Etymology: < grave adj.1, grave n.1 + -et suffix1.
Obsolete.
rare.
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [noun] > serious or solemn person
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil i. 5 In this blooddye riot they soom grauet [L. pietate gravem] haplye beholding Of geason pietee, doo throng and greedelye listen.
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