Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Stating"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Stating \Stat"ing\, n.
The act of one who states anything; statement; as, the
statingof one's opinions.

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