Question

Read these lines from Shakespeare's "Sonnet 100.”

Rise, resty Muse, my love's sweet face survey,
If Time have any wrinkle graven there;
If any, be a satire to decay,
And make Time's spoils despised every where.
Give my love fame faster than Time wastes life;
So thou prevent'st his scythe and crooked knife.

Based on context clues, what is the meaning of graven in these lines?

carved
removed
hating
decaying

Answer 1

carved

("Graven" is the past participle of "grave" meaning engraved or carved — as in a wrinkle engraved by Time.)