n :  mode or condition of being: as  a  :  condition of mind or temperament <a manic >   b  :  a condition or stage in the physical being of something <the gaseous of water>  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  sa·ti·ety  se·date  stat  STD 
 
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