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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INGRAVE

v.t.To bury. [Not used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INGRAVE

INGRAVE In *grave ", v. t.

 

Defn: To engrave. [R.] "Whose gleaming rind ingrav'n." Tennyson.

 

INGRAVE

In *grave ", v. t. Etym: [Pref. in- in + grave. Cf. Engrave. ]

 

Defn: To bury. [Obs. ] Heywood.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ingravescent

in gra ves cent |ˌingrəˈvesənt ˌɪnɡrəˈvɛsnt | ▶adjective Medicine, rare (of a condition or symptom ) gradually increasing in severity. DERIVATIVES in gra ves cence noun ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Latin ingravescent- ‘growing heavy or worse, ’ from the verb ingravescere (based on gravis ‘heavy ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

ingravescent

ingravescent |ˌɪngrəˈvɛs (ə )nt | ▶adjective Medicine (of a condition or symptom ) gradually increasing in severity. DERIVATIVES ingravescence noun ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Latin ingravescent- ‘growing heavy or worse ’, from the verb ingravescere (based on gravis ‘heavy ’).