articulate

v. t. 1. To joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together with joints or at the joints. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To draw up or write in separate articles; to particularize; to specify. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To express distinctly; to give utterance to. [ 1913 Webster ]

Luther articulated himself upon a process that hand already begun in the Christian church. Bibliotheca Sacra. [ 1913 Webster ]

To . . . articulate the dumb, deep want of the people. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. articulatus. See Articulata. ] 1. Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars. [ Archaic ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints; as, articulate animals or plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds, words. [ 1913 Webster ]

Total changes of party and articulate opinion. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) An animal of the subkingdom Articulata. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. United by, or provided with, articulations; jointed; as, an articulated skeleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Produced, as a letter, syllable, or word, by the organs of speech; pronounced. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. After the manner, or in the form, of a joint. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Article by article; in distinct particulars; in detail; definitely. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

I had articulately set down in writing our points. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. With distinct utterance of the separate sounds. [ 1913 Webster ]