What is "to state it"

State \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.