state

state
I. n.
1.
Condition, situation, position, plight, predicament, pass, case, category.
2.
Rank, condition, quality.
3.
Commonwealth, civil community, body politic.
4.
Pomp, parade, dignity, grandeur, magnificence, glory, greatness.
II. v. a.
Express (with particularity), explain, specify, set forth, narrate, recite, represent fully, declare, affirm.
III. a.
National, public.

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