state (n.)
splendour, magnificence, stateliness, dignity
2H4 III.i.13[King Henry IV alone, of sleeping] Under the canopies of costly state
Cym III.iii.78[Belarius to Guiderius and Arviragus] we will fear no poison, which attends / In place of greater state
E3 I.ii.123[Countess to King Edward] now niggard not thy state [i.e. do not begrudge us your royal presence]
H8 I.iii.10[Lord Chamberlain to Sands, of the effect of France upon the English] they keep state so
H8 prologue.3[of the play's topic] Sad, high, and working, full of state and woe
LLL V.ii.363[Princess to King, of the Russian visitors] Trim gallants, full of courtship and of state
LLL V.ii.590[Holofernes to Mote] Keep some state in thy exit, and retire
MA II.i.68[Beatrice to Hero, of a wedding] full of state and ancientry
Per III.ii.63[Cerimon to all, of Thaisa's body] Shrouded in cloth of state
R2 III.ii.163[King Richard to all] there the antic sits, / Scoffing his state [i.e. scoffing at]
R2 IV.i.251[Richard to all] Made ... state, a peasant
R2 V.i.18[Richard to Queen Isabel] think our former state a happy dream [or: situation]
RJ I.iv.70[Mercutio to Romeo, of Queen Mab] in this state she gallops night by night / Through lovers' brains
Tim IV.ii.35[Flavius alone, of man] To have his pomp and all what state compounds / But only painted [i.e. all that makes up his wealth]
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