South.
Grat"u*la*to*ry (?), a. [L. gratulatorius.] Expressing gratulation or
joy; congratulatory.
The usual groundwork of such gratulatory odes.
Bp. Horsley.
Graunt (?), v. & n. [Obs.] See Grant. Chaucer.
||Grau"wack*e (?), n. [G.] Graywacke.
||Gra*va"men (?), n.; pl. L. Gravamina (#), E. Gravamens (#). [L., fr.
||gravare to load, burden, fr. gravis heavy, weighty. See Grave, a.]
||(Law) The grievance complained of; the substantial cause of the
||action; also, in general, the ground or essence of a complaint.
||Bouvier.
-grave (?). A final syllable signifying a ruler, as in landgrave,
margrave. See Margrave.
Grave (?), v. t. (Naut.) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles,
grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or
greaves was formerly used for this purpose.
Grave, a. [Compar. Graver (grv"r); superl. Gravest.] [F., fr. L. gravis
heavy; cf. It. & Sp. grave heavy, grave. See Grief.] 1. Of great
weight; heavy; ponderous. [Obs.]
His shield grave and great.
Chapman.
2. Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; --
said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character,
influence, etc.
Most potent, grave, and reverend seigniors.
Shak.
A grave and prudent law, full of moral equity.
Milton.
3. Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave
face.
4. (Mus.) (a) Not acute or sharp; low; deep; -- said of sound; as, a
grave note or key.
The thicker the cord or string, the more grave is the note or tone.
Moore (Encyc. of Music).
(b) Slow and solemn in movement.
Grave accent. (Pron.) See the Note under Accent, n., 2.
Syn. -- Solemn; sober; serious; sage; staid; demure; thoughtful;
sedate; weighty; momentous; important. -- Grave, Sober, Serious,
Solemn. Sober supposes the absence of all exhilaration of spirits, and
is opposed to gay or flighty; as, sober thought. Serious implies
considerateness or reflection, and is opposed to jocose or sportive;
as, serious and important concerns. Grave denotes a state of mind,
appearance, etc., which results from the pressure of weighty interests,
and is opposed to hilarity of feeling or vivacity of manner; as, a
qrave remark; qrave attire. Solemn is applied to a case in which
gravity is carried to its highest point; as, a solemn admonition; a
solemn promise.
Grave, v. t. [imp. Graved (grvd); p. p. Graven (grv"'n) or Graved; p.
pr. & vb. n. Graving.] [AS. grafan to dig, grave, engrave; akin to
OFries. greva, D. graven, G. graben, OHG. & Goth. graban, Dan. grabe,
Sw. gr‰fva, Icel. grafa, but prob. not to Gr. gra`fein to write, E.
graphic. Cf. Grave, n., Grove, n.]