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.
Stat"ued (?), a. Adorned with statues. "The statued hall." Longfellow.
"Statued niches." G. Eliot.
Stat"ue*less (?), a. Without a statue.
Stat"ue*like` (?), a. Like a statue; motionless.
Stat`u*esque" (?), a. Partaking of, or exemplifying, the
characteristics of a statue; having the symmetry, or other excellence,
of a statue artistically made; as, statuesquelimbs; a statuesque
attitude.
Their characters are mostly statuesque even in this respect, that
they have no background.
Hare.
Stat`u*esque"ly, adv. In a statuesque manner; in a way suggestive of a
statue; like a statue.
A character statuesquely simple in its details.
Lowell.
Stat`u*ette" (?), n. [F., cf. It. statuetta.] A small statue; --
usually applied to a figure much less than life size, especially when
of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the
marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta or the
like. Cf. Figurine.
Sta*tu"mi*nate (?), v. t. [L. statuminatus, p. p. of statuminare to
prop, fr. statumen a prop, fr. statuere to place.] To prop or support.
[Obs.] B. Jonson.
Stat"ure (?), n. [F. stature, OF. estature, from L. statura,
originally, an upright posture, hence, height or size of the body, from
stare, statum, to stand. See Stand.] The natural height of an animal
body; -- generally used of the human body.
Foreign men of mighty stature came.
Dryden.