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Webster 1913 Edition


Statue

Stat′ue

(stăch′oō; also, stăt′ū̍; 135)
,
Noun.
[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.
Shakespeare
2.
A portrait.
[Obs.]
Massinger.

Stat′ue

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Statued
(-ū̍d)
;
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Statue

STATUE

,
Noun.
[L., to set; that which is set or fixed.] An image; a solid substance formed by carving into the likeness of a whole living being; as a statue of Hercules or of a lion.

STATUE

,
Verb.
T.
To place, as a statue; to form a statue of.

Definition 2024


statué

statué

See also: statue and Statue

French

Verb

statué m (feminine singular statuée, masculine plural statués, feminine plural statuées)

  1. past participle of statuer