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Statue
Pronunciation : Stat"ue
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F., fr. L. statua (akin to stativus standing still), fr. stare, statum, to stand. See Stand.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Stat"ue
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Statued; p. pr. & vb. n. Statuing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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