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carven.

Made by carving, especially when intricately or artistically done.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj

  1. Made by carving, especially when intricately or artistically done.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

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).

verb

  1. past participle of carve.

    archaic · form-of · participle · past
Where this word comes from

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).

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