| stated |
| 1. v. simple past tense and past participle of state | |
| 2. adj. Expressed in a statement; uttered or written. | |
| 3. adj. Settled; established; fixed. | |
| 4. adj. Recurring at a regular time; not occasional. | |
| stated preaching | |
| stated business hours | |
| state |
| 1. n. A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time. | |
| a state of being; a state of emergency | |
| 2. n. (physics) A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system. | |
| 3. n. (computing) The stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle. | |
| In the fetch state, the address of the next instruction is placed on the address bus. | |
| 4. n. (computing) The set of all parameters relevant to a computation. | |
| The state here includes a set containing all names seen so far. | |
| 5. n. (computing) The values of all parameters at some point in a computation. | |
| A debugger can show the state of a program at any breakpoint. | |
| 6. n. (sciences) The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma. | |
| 7. n. (obsolete) Highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between the increase and the abating | |
| 8. n. High social standing or circumstance. | |
| 9. n. Pomp, ceremony, or dignity. | |
| The President's body will lie in state at the Capitol. | |
| 10. n. Rank; condition; quality. | |
| 11. n. Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance. | |
| 12. n. A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself. | |
| 13. n. (obsolete) A great person, a dignitary; a lord or prince. | |
| 14. n. (obsolete) Estate, possession. | |
| 15. n. A polity. | |
| 16. n. Any sovereign polity; a national or city-state government. | |
| 17. n. A political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States or Germany; (by extension, informal, US) any provi | |
| 18. n. (obsolete) A form of government other than a monarchy. | |
| 19. n. (anthropology) A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government. | |
| 20. n. (mathematics, stochastic processes) An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process. | |
| 21. v. To declare to be a fact. | |
| He stated that he was willing to help. | |
| 22. v. To make known. | |
| State your intentions. | |
| 23. adj. (obsolete) stately | |
| prescribed |
| 1. v. simple past tense and past participle of prescribe | |
| prescribe |
| 1. v. To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority). | |
| The doctor prescribed aspirin. | |
| 2. v. To specify as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action. | |
| The property meets the criteria prescribed by the regulations. | |
| ritual |
| 1. adj. Related to a rite or repeated set of actions. | |
| They performed the ritual lighting of the candles. | |
| 2. n. rite; a repeated set of actions | |
| They carried out the ritual carefully. | |
