state it en · VERB
Meanings
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(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 specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stated it | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| stated it | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| states it | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| stating it | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |