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.
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.
Ar*tic"u*late , n.
(Zoöl.) An animal of the
subkingdom Articulata.
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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