v. rare. Also statufy. [f. STATUE sb. + -FY.] trans. a. To turn into a statue. b. To erect a statue to.
1868. Helps, Realmah, viii. 232. There were 27 degrees of frost that day. As we sat on our horses we were nearly statuefied.
1903. Pilot, 17 Oct., 372/2. The occasion was the erection of a statue to Vercingetorixstatufied everywhere except his native district.