Definitions for: Statue


[n] a sculpture representing a human or animal



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: sculpture, sphinx, Statue of Liberty

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