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Pronunciation : Ar*tic"u*late
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. articulatus. See Articulata.]
Definition : 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.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ar*tic"u*late
Part of Speech : n. (Zo?l.)
Definition : Defn: An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ar*tic"u*late
Part of Speech : v. i. [imp. & p. p. Articulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Articulating].
Definition : 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.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ar*tic"u*late
Part of Speech : v. t.
Definition : 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.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913