STATE (3)

State, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stated; p. pr. & vb. n. Stating.] 1. 1. To set; to settle; to establish.
I myself, though meanest stated, And in court now almost hated. Wither. Who calls the council, states the certain day. Pope. 2. 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. “Rarely dressed up, and taught to state it.” Beau. & Fl.