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statue |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Statue \Stat"ue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Statued}; 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Statue \Stat"ue\, 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. I will raise her statue in pure gold. --Shak. 2. A portrait. [Obs.] --Massinger. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: statue n : a sculpture representing a human or animal
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