5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Articulate \Ar*tic"u*late\, a. [L. articulatus. See
{Articulata}.]
1. Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
[Archaic] --Bacon.
2. Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united
by joints; as articulate animals or plants.
3. Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible;
characterized by division into words and syllables; as
articulate speech, sounds, words
Total changes of party and articulate opinion.
--Carlyle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Articulate \Ar*tic"u*late\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Articulate \Ar*tic"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Articulated};
p. pr & vb n. {Articulating}].
1. To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds
of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.
2. To treat or make terms. [Obs.] --Shak.
3. To join or be connected by articulation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Articulate \Ar*tic"u*late\, v. t.
1. To joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together
with joints or at the joints.
2. To draw up or write in separate articles; to
particularize; to specify. [Obs.]
3. To form as the elementary sounds; to utter in distinct
syllables or words to enunciate; as to articulate
letters or language. ``To articulate a word.'' --Ray.
4. To express distinctly; to give utterance to
Luther articulated himself upon a process that hand
already begun in the Christian church. --Bibliotheca
Sacra.
To . . . articulate the dumb, deep want of the
people. --Carlyle.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
articulate
adj 1: expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear
expressive language; "articulate speech"; "an
articulate orator"; "articulate beings" [ant: {inarticulate}]
2: consisting of segments held together by joints [syn: {articulated}]
[ant: {unarticulated}]
v 1: provide with a joint, as of two pieces of wood [syn: {joint}]
2: put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns
to the board of trustees" [syn: {formulate}, {word}, {phrase}]
3: speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way "She pronounces
French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"
[syn: {pronounce}, {enounce}, {enunciate}, {say}]
4: express or state clearly [syn: {enunciate}, {vocalize}]
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