About The Word Statue
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Statue
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What's The Definition Of Statue?
[n] a sculpture representing a human or animal
Synonyms | Synonyms for Statue: Related Terms | Find terms related to Statue: See Also | sculpture | sphinx | Statue of Liberty Statue In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. |
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