STATE
State, a.
1. Stately. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. Belonging to the state, or body politic; public.
STATE
State, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stated; p. pr. & vb. n. Stating.]
1. To set; to settle; to establish. [R.]
I myself, though meanest stated, And in court now almost hated.
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
State, n.
Defn: A statement; also, a document containing a statement. [R.] Sir
W. Scott.
STATECRAFT
State"craft`, n.
Defn: The art of conducting state affairs; state management; statesmanship.