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.
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Ar*tic"u*late, n. Zool. An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.
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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.
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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.
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