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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see also:
stated stating to state it