Definition of state:

part of speech: adjective

Of or belonging to the state; public.

part of speech: verb

To express the particulars of; to set down fully; to repeat with all the attending circumstances; to set forth.

part of speech: noun

Circumstances in which a person or thing is placed at any particular time; position; condition; solemn pomp; appearance of greatness; dignity; the whole body of people included under one government; the community; the body politic; the constituents thereof; polity; one of the orders or classes of men existing in a country, as the nobles, the clergy; civil- power, as distinguished from ecclesiastical.