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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Articulate \Ar*tic"u*late\, 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Articulate \Ar*tic"u*late\, n. (Zool.) An animal of the subkingdom Articulata. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Articulate \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. [1913 Webster] 2. To treat or make terms. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To join or be connected by articulation. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Articulate \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. [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] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: articulate adj 1: expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language; "articulate speech"; "an articulate orator"; "articulate beings" [ant: {inarticulate}, {unarticulate}] 2: consisting of segments held together by joints [syn: {articulated}, {articulate}] [ant: {unarticulated}] v 1: provide with a joint; "the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood" [syn: {joint}, {articulate}] 2: put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" [syn: {give voice}, {formulate}, {word}, {phrase}, {articulate}] 3: 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?" [syn: {pronounce}, {articulate}, {enounce}, {sound out}, {enunciate}, {say}] 4: unite by forming a joint or joints; "the ankle bone articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle bones" 5: express or state clearly [syn: {articulate}, {enunciate}, {vocalize}, {vocalise}]