2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: State \State\, verb (used with an object) [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. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Stating \Stat"ing\ (st[=a]t"[i^]ng), noun The act of one who states anything; statement; as, the statingof one's opinions.

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