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Statue \Stat"ue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Statued} (-[-u]d); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Statuing}.]
To place, as a statue; to form a statue of; to make into a
statue. "The whole man becomes as if statued into stone and
earth." --Feltham.
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Statue \Stat"ue\ (st[a^]ch"[=oo]; also, st[a^]t"[-u]; 135), n.
[F., fr. L. statua (akin to stativus standing still), fr.
stare, statum, to stand. See {Stand}.]
1. The likeness of a living being sculptured or modeled in
some solid substance, as marble, bronze, or wax; an image;
as, a statue of Hercules, or of a lion.
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I will raise her statue in pure gold. --Shak.
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2. A portrait. [Obs.] --Massinger.
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