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state it

state it verb: to act with dignity; to act in a stately manner.

Verb

state it (third-person singular simple present states it, present participle stating it, simple past and past participle stated it)

  1. (obsolete) To act with dignity; to act in a stately manner.
    • Rarely dressed up, and taught to state it.1616–1619 (first performance), John Fletcher, “The Mad Lover”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act III, (please...

Forms of state it

third-person singular presentstates it
present participlestating it
past participlestated it
paststated it

Questions about state it

What does state it mean?
State it means to act with dignity; to act in a stately manner.
What part of speech is state it?
State it is a verb.
What is the past tense of state it?
The past tense of state it is stated it.

Words near state it in the dictionary

  1. state flowers
  2. state funeral
  3. state funerals
  4. state house
  5. state houses
  6. state it
  7. state law
  8. state laws
  9. state line
  10. state lines
  11. state liquor agencies

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