Represent
Represent verb - Bring forward and present to the mind.
Usage example: We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason
State
State verb - To convey in appropriate or telling terms.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Mechanically similar "restraining" cards can instead represent a new state of mind or magical bindings.
Source: Baleful Polymorph - It helps that the art is also bizarrely warped to represent her crazed state of mind
Source: Heroic BSOD / Web Comics -
Most of Spotlight: Kup is drawn in a scratchy style to represent Kup's deteriorating mental state.
Source: Art Shift
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