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| a three-dimensional work of art, as a representational or abstract form, carved in stone or wood, molded in a plastic material, cast in bronze, or the like. |
[Origin: 1300–50; ME < MF < L statua, n. deriv. of statuere to set up, itself deriv. of status (see status)]
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stat·ue·like, adjective
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| stat·ue
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n. A three-dimensional form or likeness sculpted, modeled, carved, or cast in material such as stone, clay, wood, or bronze. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin statua, from statuere, to set up; see statute.] |
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statue
c.1300, from O.Fr. statue (12c.), from L. statua "image, statue," prop. "that which is set up," back-formation from statuere "to cause to stand, set up," from status "a standing, position," from stare "to stand" (see stet). Statuary is from 1563. Statuesque is from early 1820s, patterned on picturesque. Dim. statuette, with Fr. ending, is first recorded 1843. The children's game of statues is attested from 1906.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
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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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