† aˈstate Obs.
[early variant of estate (OF. estat:—L. status), with atonic ă for atonic ĕ.]
| [c 1225 Hali Meid. 13 Scheaweð in hire estat of þe blisse undeadlich.] c 1230 Ancr. R. 178 Sik mon haueð two swuðe dredfule aestaz. Ibid. 160 Þeos þreo astaz. [Ibid. 204 Euerich efter his stat.] 1482 Caxton Chron. Eng. ccli. 321 The kyng in his astate clad in blewe. a 1520 Myrr. Our Ladye 85 They that ar in dygnite and astate of power are called goddes. |