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Definition of grave 2 noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

grave 2

noun
/ɡreɪv; ɡrɑv/ grave pronunciation American
(also grave accent)
 
a mark placed over a vowel in some languages to show how it should be pronounced, as over the e in the French word père
compare acute accent, circumflex, tilde, umlaut see also grave1