Wither.
Who calls the council, states the certain day.
Pope.
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.
To state it. To assume state or dignity. [Obs.] "Rarely dressed up, and
taught to state it." Beau. & Fl.
State, n. A statement; also, a document containing a statement. [R.]
Sir W. Scott.
State"craft` (?), n. The art of conducting state affairs; state
management; statesmanship.
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Stat"ed (?), a. 1. Settled; established; fixed.
He is capable of corruption who receives more than what is the
stated and unquestionable fee of his office.
Addison.
2. Recurring at regular time; not occasional; as, stated preaching;
stated business hours.
Stat"ed*ly, adv. At stated times; regularly.
State"ful (?), a. Full of state; stately. [Obs.] "A stateful silence."
Marston.
State"hood (?), n. The condition of being a State; as, a territory
seeking Statehood.
State"house` (?), n. The building in which a State legislature holds
its sessions; a State capitol. [U. S.]
State"less, a. Without state or pomp.
State"li*ly (?), adv. In a stately manner.
State"li*ness, n. The quality or state of being stately.
For stateliness and majesty, what is comparable to a horse?
Dr. H. More.
State"ly, a. [Compar. Statelier (?); superl. Stateliest.] Evincing
state or dignity; lofty; majestic; grand; as, statelymanners; a stately
gait. "The stately homes of England!" Mrs. Hemans. "Filled with stately
temples." Prescott.
Here is a stately style indeed!
Shak.
Syn. -- Lofty; dignified; majestic; grand; august; magnificent.
State"ly, adv. Majestically; loftily. Milton.
State"ment (?), n. 1. The act of stating, reciting, or presenting,
orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his
case.
2. That which is stated; a formal embodiment in language of facts or
opinions; a narrative; a recital. "Admirable perspicuity of statement!"
Brougham.
State"mon`ger (?), n. One versed in politics, or one who dabbles in
state affairs.
State`pris"on (?). See under State, n.
Stat"er (?), n. One who states.
||Sta"ter (?), n. [L. stater, Gr. &?;.] (Gr. Antiq.) The principal gold
||coin of ancient Grece. It varied much in value, the stater best known
||at Athens being worth about £1 2s., or about $5.35. The Attic silver
||tetradrachm was in later times called stater.
State"room` (?), n. 1. A magnificent room in a place or great house.
2. A small apartment for lodging or sleeping in the cabin, or on the
deck, of a vessel; also, a somewhat similar apartment in a railway
sleeping car.
States"-gen"er*al (?), n. 1. In France, before the Revolution, the
assembly of the three orders of the kingdom, namely, the clergy, the
nobility, and the third estate, or commonalty.