statuizev.
/ˈstatʃuːʌɪz/, /ˈstatjuːʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈstætʃuˌaɪz/ Now rare.
transitive. To make a statue of; to turn into a statue.
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society > communication > record > memorial or monument > record by monument [verb (transitive)] > commemorate by statue
statuize1719
statufy1903
1719 J. Ozell tr. F. M. Misson Mem. Trav. Eng. 309 James II. did also statuize himself [Fr. s'est aussi fait Statuër] in Copper, in one of the Courts of White-hall.
1879 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 6 Dec. 4/4 The suggestion to statuize him should be taken at its par value—fulsome flattery.
1944 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 11 Oct. 13/5 (advt.) Statuize baby's first shoes..and mount them on book-ends finished in rich mahogany.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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v.1719- to hunt heel
- to hunt in couples
- to hunt in purlieu
- to hunt in the purlieus
- to hunt it by the heel
- to hunt out
- to hunt riot
- to hunt the change
- to hunt the gowk
- to hunt the letter
- to hunt the loon
- to hunt the same old coon
- to hunt the steeple
- to hunt up
- to hunt upon the stop
- to hunt, run, go counter
- to hurry up one's cakes
- to hurry up the cakes
- to hurt a person's feelings
- to hurt the feelings of
- to husband it
- to husband out
- to hush one's mouth
- to hush up
- to hypnotize into