stat·ed /ˈstetəd/
(a.)決定了的,一定的,定期的,規定的
Stat·ed a.
1. Settled; established; fixed.
He is capable of corruption who receives more than what is the stated and unquestionable fee of his office. --Addison.
2. Recurring at regular times; not occasional; as, stated preaching; stated business hours.
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State, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stated; p. pr. & vb. n. Stating.]
1. To set; to settle; to establish. [R.]
I myself, though meanest stated,
And in court now almost hated. --Wither.
Who calls the council, states the certain day. --Pope.
2. To express the particulars of; to set down in detail or in gross; to represent fully in words; to narrate; to recite; as, to state the facts of a case, one's opinion, etc.
To state it. To assume state or dignity. [Obs.] “Rarely dressed up, and taught to state it.” --Beau. & Fl.
stated
adj : declared as fact; explicitly stated [syn: declared]