Statue /(stăch"o͡o; also, stăt"ū̇; 135)/

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.

2. A portrait. [Obs.]

imp. & p. p. Statued; p. pr. & vb. n. Statuing

1. To place, as a statue; to form a statue of; to make into a statue.