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adj
Made by carving, especially when intricately or artistically done.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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verb
past participle of carve.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, form-of, participle, past
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adjective
made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: carved
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History
From Middle English carven, a variant (with the vowel modified to match the present stem) of Middle English corven, y-corven (“carved”), from Old English corfen, ġecorfen (“cut, carved”), from Proto-West Germanic *korban, from Proto-Germanic *kurbanaz (“cut, carved”), past participle of *kerbaną (“to carve”). Equivalent to carve + -en (past participle ending).
Across languages
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