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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 you…

property and the institution of the family and other features of the present form of the state, would intervene by various measures intended to give or maintain equality of opportunity, as compulsory state insurance, old-age pensions, etc., answering closely to socialism of the chair.

The art of conducting state affairs; state management; statesmanship.

ttled; established; fixed. He is capable of corruption who receives more than what is the stated and unquestionable fee of his office. Addison.

At stated times; regularly.

Full of state; stately. [Obs.] "A stateful silence." Marston.

The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.

The building in which a State legislature holds its sessions; a State capitol. [U. S.]

Without state or pomp.

In a stately manner.

The quality or state of being stately. For stateliness and majesty, what is comparable to a horse Dr. H. More.

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.

f stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.

One versed in politics, or one who dabbles in state affairs.

See under State, n.

One who states.

A magnificent room in a place or great house.

mbly of the three orders of the kingdom, namely, the clergy, the nobility, and the third estate, or commonalty.

of government; especially, one eminent for political abilities. The minds of some of our statesmen, like the pupil of the human eye, contract themselves the more, the stronger light there is shed upon them. More.

Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.