Emily Dickinson Lexicon

STATE, v.t.

1. To set; to settle. [See Stated.]
2. To express the particulars of any thing in writing; to set down in detail or in gross; as, to slate an account; to state debt and credit; to state the amount due.
3. To express the particulars of any thing verbally; to represent fully in words; to narrate; to recite. The witnesses stated all the circumstances of the transaction. They are enjoined to state all the particulars. It is the business of the advocate to state the whole case. Let the question be fairly stated.