A written accent used in French, Italian, and other languages. è is an e with a grave accent
A grave event or situation is very serious, important, and worrying. He said that the situation in his country is very grave I have grave doubts that the documents tell the whole story. + gravely grave·ly They had gravely impaired the credibility of the government
To clean, as a vessels bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch - so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose
An accent mark (`) placed above a character (as on à), originally indicating a falling tone It is used in languages such as Afrikaans, Catalan, French, Italian, Portuguese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Wendic and transliterated Khmer and Yiddish (cf accents)
carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the winner's name onto the trophy cup"