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Grave-stone [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. [Latin gravis, heavy, whence Latin gravo, and aggravo, to aggravate.

2. In music, low; depressed; solemn; opposed to sharp, acute, or high; as a grave tone or sound. Sometimes grave denotes slow.

3. Solemn; sober; serious; opposed to gay, light or jovial; as a man of a grave deportment; a grave character.

4. Youth on silent wings is flown;

5. Graver years come rolling on.

6. Plain; not gay; not showy or tawdry; as a grave suit of clothes.

7. Being of weight; of a serious character; as a grave writer.

8. Important; momentous; having a serious and interesting import.

Grave-stone [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A stone laid over a grave, or erected near it, as a monument to preserve the memory of the dead.