Meaning
GRA'VE-STONE,n. A stone laid over a grave, or erected near it, as a monument to preserve the memory of the dead.
GRAVE, a. [L. gravis, heavy, whence L. 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.
