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单词 statal
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stataladj.

Brit. /ˈsteɪtl/, U.S. /ˈsteɪdl/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: state n., -al suffix1.
Etymology: < state n. + -al suffix1.
1. Of or relating to a political state (in various senses of state n. III.).
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society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [adjective] > of or relating to a confederation of states > of or relating to state of U.S.A.
statal1862
1862 E. Bates in Official Opinions Attorneys Gen. X. 388 I have no knowledge of any other kind of political citizenship, higher or lower, statal or national.
1880 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand & Invisible Empire ii. xi. 489 Public education flourished as a part of the statal economy.
1949 Times 7 Feb. 5/3 All the states outside this special category have already been merged with provinces or have joined one or another of the six great statal groups.
1990 M. Martin Keys of this Blood vi. xix 562 He had to fashion a course of action in the face of a statal power with which the Poles had to live, like it or not.
2011 M. Saward in S. Alonso et al. Future of Representative Democracy iii. 75 Democratic representation ought not to be understood as confined to a set of statal institutions.
2. Grammar. Esp. of a verb or verb form: expressing a state or condition rather than an action. Cf. stative adj. 3.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [adjective] > expressing state or condition
static1846
statistical1846
stative1874
statal1924
1924 Mod. Philol. 21 334 (Actional and) Statal Passive.
1935 G. O. Curme Gram. Eng. Lang. II. 218 The common actional form is employed also as a statal passive... ‘The door was shut (state) at six, but I don't know when it was shut (act)’.
1961 R. B. Long Sentence & its Parts v. 119 Thus have has no passive when it is statal.
2006 Monatshefte 98 453 The absence of passive forms (both statal and processual) in the paradigms is somewhat surprising.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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