ARTICULATE

articulate

(adjective) expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language; “articulate speech”; “an articulate orator”; “articulate beings”

articulated, articulate

(adjective) consisting of segments held together by joints

articulate, enunciate, vocalize, vocalise

(verb) express or state clearly

pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say

(verb) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; “She pronounces French words in a funny way”; “I cannot say ‘zip wire’”; “Can the child sound out this complicated word?”

joint, articulate

(verb) provide with a joint; “the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood”

articulate

(verb) unite by forming a joint or joints; “the ankle bone articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle bones”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

articulate (comparative more articulate, superlative most articulate)

Clear; effective.

Speaking in a clear and effective manner.

Consisting of segments united by joints.

Distinctly marked off.

(obsolete) Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.

(obsolete, of sound) Related to human speech, as distinct from the vocalisation of animals.

Synonyms

• (good at speaking): eloquent, well-spoken

Noun

articulate (plural articulates)

(zoology) An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.

Etymology 2

From the adjective.

Verb

articulate (third-person singular simple present articulates, present participle articulating, simple past and past participle articulated)

To make clear or effective.

To speak clearly; to enunciate.

To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.

To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.

(music) to attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.

(anatomy) to form a joint or connect by joints

(obsolete) To treat or make terms.

Source: Wiktionary

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Ar*tic"u*late, a. Etym: [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.

Ar*tic"u*late, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.

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, 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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