The combination of circumstances or attributes belonging at a particular time to a person or thing; a particular manner or way of existing as…

State or condition in general, whether material or moral, bodily or mental. In Middle English occasionally: Constitution, nature. archaic; now…

Condition, state, welfare; state of things, prosperity, success. what fare? what is the state of things? (cf. what cheer?). Obsolete.

Cf. phrases 4d and out of case at phrases 8. Condition, physical or mental state. Also: good physical condition; an instance of this. Frequently in…

Condition; state. Obsolete.

Relative condition or state of being; manner, way, wise; relation, respect.

A particular mode of being of a person or thing; state of being. (Formerly sometimes in plural: cf. circumstances (see circumstance, n.))

A state or condition; a situation. Obsolete. rare.

A state, a condition. Also: a place, a position. Obsolete.

A mode or kind of existing; a way of life.

A state, condition, or relation which is temporary or not essential to the object; a mode of being. Obsolete.

A state or mode of being. Cf. existence, n. 2a.

A state or mode of existence. Obsolete.

The degree of firmness with which the particles of a substance cohere; degree of density. (Usually of more or less viscous liquids.)

= subsistence, n. 4. Obsolete. rare.

A special or characteristic style or tendency of thought, feeling, behaviour, etc.; spirit, character, tenor; esp. the general or prevailing state…

figurative. Condition, degree, quality.

figurative. Of inanimate things, conceptions, etc.

The state or condition of something. Obsolete.

The present condition of something, esp. with regard to its ability to carry out its intended function. Also in extended use of a person. Chiefly…

Condition or state; esp. a passing condition of body. dialect.

The state or condition of a person or thing; the current situation or state of affairs with regard to someone or something.

transferred. The ‘shape’, state (of a matter). rare.