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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.

Having ribs, or the appearance of ribs; (Bot.) having one or more longitudinal ribs.

Covered with a crust; as, crustated basalt.

Shaped like the head of a halberd; triangular, with the basal angles or lobes spreading; as, a hastate leaf.

denote a duty or charge laid upon goods, at a certain rate per cent upon their value, as stated in their invoice, - - in opposition to a specific sum upon a given quantity or number; as, an ad valorem duty of twenty per cent.

affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the proposition stated; -- opposed to Ant: negative; as, there were forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the negative. Whether there are such beings or not, 't is sufficient for my purpose that many have believed the affirmative. Dryden.…

granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short. I can give the boy a handsome allowance. Thackeray.

as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts, etc. Nautical almanac, an almanac, or year book, containing astronomical calculations (lunar, stellar, etc.), and other information useful to mariners.

Constancy during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals; invariably; uniformly; -- opposed to sometimes or occasionally. He always rides a black galloway. Bulwer.

Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast. Anniversary day (R. C. Ch.). See Anniversary, n., 2. -- Anniversary week, that week in the year in which the annual meetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in Boston and New York. [Eastern U. S.]

rs to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document. [Eng.]

Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; -- usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one's board; the price of board.

One who has food statedly at another's table, or meals and lodgings in his house, for pay, or compensation of any kind.

Money paid in addition to a stated compensation.

ntraction into few words; conciseness. Brevity is the soul of wit. Shak. This argument is stated by St. John with his usual elegant brevity and simplicity. Bp. Porteus.

of the same class can be reduced without lose of generality. -- Canonical hours, certain stated times of the day, fixed by ecclesiastical laws, and appropriated to the offices of prayer and devotion; also, certain portions of the Breviary, to be used at stated hours of the day. In England, this name is also given to t…

Fixed or stated; regular; determinate. The people go out and gather a certain rate every day. Ex. xvi. 4.

A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below.

A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.