Sta"ta*ry (?), a. [L. statarius standing fast, fr. stare to stand.]
Fixed; settled. [Obs.] "The set and statary times of paring of nails
and cutting hair." Sir T. Browne.
State (?), n. [OE. stat, OF. estat, F. état, fr. L. status a standing,
position, fr. stare, statum, to stand. See Stand, and cf. Estate,
Status.] 1. The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any
given time.
State is a term nearly synonymous with "mode," but of a meaning
more extensive, and is not exclusively limited to the mutable and
contingent.
Sir W. Hamilton.
Declare the past and present state of things.
Dryden.
Keep the state of the question in your eye.
Boyle.