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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
State \State\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Stating}.]
1. To set; to settle; to establish. [R.]
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I myself, though meanest stated,
And in court now almost hated. --Wither.
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Who calls the council, states the certain day.
--Pope.
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2. To express the particulars of; to set down in detail or in
gross; to represent fully in words; to narrate; to recite;
as, to state the facts of a case, one's opinion, etc.
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{To state it}. To assume state or dignity. [Obs.] "Rarely
dressed up, and taught to state it." --Beau. & Fl.
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