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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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