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grave(4)(dictionary)
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grave(2)(dictionary)
grave(1)(dictionary)
grave(medicine)
grave wax(medicine)
grave(5)(dictionary)
grave 1, noun(dictionary)
grave 2, adjective(dictionary)

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grave noun2. ME.
[Sense 1 from Old Norse greifi from Old Low German greve; sense 2 from Old Low German greve rel. to Middle High German grave (German GRAF).]
Orig., a steward. Later, each of a number of elected administrative officials in townships in certain parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. obsolete exc. Hist. ME.
A foreign nobleman, a count; spec. a Count of Nassau. Earlier and now only as 2nd elem. in burgrave, landgrave, margrave, etc. E17.