Articulate — Defs

01 a. Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.

1.
Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.[Archaic]
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.

02 n. An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.

03 v. i. To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.

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.]
3.
To join or be connected by articulation.

04 v. t. To joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together with joints or at the joints.

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.
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.