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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Statue

/(stăch"o͞o; also, stăt"ū̇; 135)/ · Stat·ue · IPA /ˈstæt͡ʃu/
01 n. 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…
  1. 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.
    “I will raise her statue in pure gold.” — Shak.
  2. 2.
    A portrait.[Obs.]
02 v. t. To place, as a statue; to form a statue of; to make into a statue.
imp. & p. p. Statued; p. pr. & vb. n. Statuing
  1. 1.
    To place, as a statue; to form a statue of; to make into a statue.