†P11. to make state: to expect (to do something), count on (doing something). Obsolete. rare. [After French faire état de (1540 in Middle French in this sense).]
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (intransitive)] > reckon on
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1691 A. GavinFrauds Romish Monks 56 Telling him, That he was an Abbot accurs'd of God; that Damnation would be his portion, and that all those who lived under his Conduct, might make State to go to Hell with him.