The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Statue \Stat"ue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Statued (-[-u]d); 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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Statue \Stat"ue\ (st[a^]ch"[=oo]; also, st[a^]t"[-u]; 135), 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.
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            I will raise her statue in pure gold. --Shak.
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   2. A portrait. [Obs.] --Massinger.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

statue
    n 1: a sculpture representing a human or animal