Stated
['steɪtɪd] or ['stetɪd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of State
(a.) Settled; established; fixed.
(a.) Recurring at regular time; not occasional; as, stated preaching; stated business hours.
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Examples
- These conditions, stated in an orderly sequence, would constitute the method or way or manner of its growth. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The latter was given, as already stated, all troops in North and South Carolina. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This, as I have said before, is not a complete confession; but nothing is stated of consequence to any individual which is not strictly true. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The conversation went on to other subjects, but the artist kept the conclusion he had just stated in mind. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- On the other hand, Galton, after his classical study of mental imagery (1883), stated that scientific men, as a class, have feeble powers of visual representat ion. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Since no one has stated in the doctrine both its truth and falsity better than Rousseau, we shall turn to him. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- My wants were few and simple, so that in less than the time stated I was in a cab with my valise, rattling away to Paddington Station. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- To blow the bridge at a stated hour based on the time set for the attack is how it should be done. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I read at the inquest a description of his cabin, in which it stated that the old logbooks of his vessel were preserved in it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- In the parliamentary inquiry in 1764, the witnesses stated the price of the choice pieces of the best beef to be to the consumer 4d. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is stated that the present output of the American factory of the Singer Company amounts to over 11,000 weekly, or more than half a million annually. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- March the 26th my headquarters were, as stated, at Culpeper, and the work of preparing for an early campaign commenced. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On my way I saw William Crowder, the game-keeper, as he had stated in his evidence; but he is mistaken in thinking that I was following my father. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Some of these have here been very briefly stated. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Briefly stated, the process of making halftones is as follows: The subject to be engraved is photographed through a halftone screen, so-called. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The two kinds of flowers often differ much, as just stated, in structure. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- In this country, it is calculated that eight tons of phosphorus are yearly used in making matches, the number of which is stated to be 40,000,000 a day. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- It is stated, that about the year 1787, experiments were made on the river Hull, by Furnace and Ashton, on the propulsion of vessels by steam power. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- As stated at the outset the psychology of scientific discovery must be the subject of prolonged investigation, but some data are already available. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Having stated these facts, the man waited to know whether there were any further orders. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But there is no magic attached to material stated in technically correct scientific form. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Being requested to explain himself, he stated that there was some of 'em wot you couldn't kiver with a sixpence. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He stated in his subsequent report that the defence was intended solely to give his troops time to make their escape. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The two larger, they stated, had belonged to a male and female of one of the higher white races. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The actual and implicit practice and the conscious or stated aim thus balance each other. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- So he looked about for some other position that would give him greater leisure, and finally stated his wishes to Cosimo II, Duke of Florence. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Practically this same thing can be stated in another way: Water in cooling gives out more heat than any other substance in cooling through the same number of degrees. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Another one, which was stated to have been the first successful attempt, was a view taken from nature, representing a court-yard. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Simply, what I have stated. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Sir Isaac Newton had stated, and mathematical computations had proved his words, that a mechanical flying-machine was an impossibility. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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